Name: Rhodovulum iodosum Straub et al. 1999
Etymology: io.do.sum. Gr. masc./fem. adj. iôdês, violet, rusty; L. adj. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. neut. adj. iodosum, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits
Type strain: ATCC 700895; DSM 12328; N1
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16S rRNA gene: Y15011 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Straub KL, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:729-735.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994
Assigned by: Straub KL, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:729-735.
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Record number: 780552