Name: Rhodovarius lipocyclicus Kämpfer et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.po.cy’cli.cus. Gr. neut. n. lipos, fat; L. masc. adj. cyclicus, cyclic; N.L. masc. adj. lipocyclicus, referring to cyclic (circular) fatty acids

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 44693; CIP 108310

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ633644 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Rossello-Mora R, Kjellin E, Falsen E. Rhodovarius lipocyclicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a new genus of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:511-516.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 100. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1909-1910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004. Publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Rossello-Mora R, Kjellin E, Falsen E. Rhodovarius lipocyclicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a new genus of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:511-516.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the protologue, the strain CCUG 44693 is erroneously cited as CCUG 44396. — 🧍 The name of the third author (R. Rosselló-Mora) is erroneously given as Rosséllo-Mora in the effective publication. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Parent taxon: Rhodovarius Kämpfer et al. 2004

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Rossello-Mora R, Kjellin E, Falsen E. Rhodovarius lipocyclicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a new genus of the alpha-1 subclass of the Proteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:511-516.

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