Name: Rhodovulum marinum Srinivas et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’num. L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation, gender: ma-RI-num, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1215; CCUG 52183; DSM 18063; JA128; JCM 13300

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16S rRNA gene: AJ891122 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodovulum marinum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic purple non-sulfur alphaproteobacterium from marine tides of Visakhapatnam, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1651-1656. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

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.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Srinivas et al. 2006, the type strain ATCC BAA-1215 is cited as ATCC BAA 1215 (without dash). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Kumar PA, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV, Suling J, Imhoff JF. Rhodovulum marinum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic purple non-sulfur alphaproteobacterium from marine tides of Visakhapatnam, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1651-1656. 🇮🇳

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