Name: Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens Anil Kumar et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sul.fu.re’xi.gens. L. neut. n. sulfur (gen. sulfuris), sulfur; L. v. exigo, to demand; N.L. part. adj. sulfurexigens, sulfur-demanding, referring to the requirement for a reduced sulfur source for growth

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19785; JA143; JCM 14885; NBRC 104433

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AM710622 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anil Kumar P, Aparna P, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium requiring a reduced sulfur source for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2917-2920.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pararhodospirillum sulfurexigens (Anil Kumar et al. 2008) Lakshmi et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pararhodospirillum sulfurexigens (Anil Kumar et al. 2008) Lakshmi et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rhodospirillum Molisch 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Anil Kumar P, Aparna P, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodospirillum sulfurexigens sp. nov., a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium requiring a reduced sulfur source for growth. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2917-2920.

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Record number: 786850