Name: Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: true’pe.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. trueperi, of Trüper, named for Hans Georg Trüper, a German microbiologist who contributed significantly to our knowledge of the anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 8316; ATCC 700224

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16S rRNA gene: AJ001276 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Pfennig N, Lunsdorf H, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototrophic Proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:39-45.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 64. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:327-328.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998. Publication: Pfennig N, Lunsdorf H, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototrophic Proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:39-45.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998

Assigned by: Pfennig N, Lunsdorf H, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., spec. nov., a new phototrophic Proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch Microbiol 1997; 168:39-45.

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