Name: Rhodospirillum oryzae Lakshmi et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ry’zae. L. gen. fem. n. oryzae, of rice, pertaining to the isolation of the type strain from rice paddy soil

Gender: neuter

Type strain: JA318; KCTC 5960; NBRC 107573

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM901295 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ramaprasad EV, Ramana ChV. Rhodospirillum oryzae sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of paddy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3050-3055.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pararhodospirillum oryzae (Lakshmi et al. 2013) Lakshmi et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pararhodospirillum oryzae (Lakshmi et al. 2013) Lakshmi et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodospirillum oryzae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Rhodospirillum.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lakshmi KV, Sasikala Ch, Ramaprasad EV, Ramana ChV. Rhodospirillum oryzae sp. nov., a phototrophic bacterium isolated from rhizosphere soil of paddy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3050-3055.

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Record number: 791012