Name: Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens Kumar et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pen.to.the.nat.ex’i.gens. N.L. masc. n. pentothenas (gen. pentothenatis), pentothenate; L. pres. part. exigens, demanding; N.L. fem. part. adj. pentothenatexigens, pentothenate-demanding

Pronunciation, gender: pen-to-t^he-nat-EKS-i-gens, feminine

Type strain: JA575; KCTC 15143; NBRC 108862

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Valid publication: Kumar BV, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas thermotolerans sp. nov., isolated from paddy soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:200-207. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodopseudomonas Czurda and Maresch 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kumar BV, Ramprasad EV, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodopseudomonas pentothenatexigens sp. nov. and Rhodopseudomonas thermotolerans sp. nov., isolated from paddy soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:200-207. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 790369