Name: Rhodospirillum sodomense Mack et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sod.om.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. sodomense, pertaining to the Sea of Sodom, the Talmudic name for the Dead Sea

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 51195; DS1; DSI; DSM 9895

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59072 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Mack EE, Mandelco L, Woese CR, Madigan MT. Rhodospirillum sodomense, sp. nov., a Dead Sea Rhodospirillum species. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 160:363-371.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 59. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1189-1190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodovibrio sodomensis (Mack et al. 1996) Imhoff et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodovibrio sodomensis (Mack et al. 1996) Imhoff et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodospirillum sodomense 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 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: Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Mack EE, Mandelco L, Woese CR, Madigan MT. Rhodospirillum sodomense, sp. nov., a Dead Sea Rhodospirillum species. Arch. Microbiol. 1993; 160:363-371.

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Record number: 780522