Name: Rhodovulum imhoffii Srinivas et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.hof’fi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. imhoffii, of Imhoff, named after Johannes F. Imhoff, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18064; JA125; JCM 13589

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM180953 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodovulum imhoffii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:228-232.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

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.

Parent taxon: Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodovulum imhoffii sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:228-232.

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