Name: Soonwooa purpurea Sirra et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pur.pu’re.a. L. fem. adj. purpurea, vermillion, crimson referring to the pink-red pigment produced by the strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: I54; JCM 31880; KCTC 52722

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LT717348 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sirra MRS, Padakandla SR, Chae JC. Soonwooa purpurea sp. nov., isolated from a fresh water river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5193-5197.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Notes:
  • ❗ Soonwooa purpurea 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 Soonwooa.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Soonwooa Joung et al. 2010

Assigned by: Sirra MRS, Padakandla SR, Chae JC. Soonwooa purpurea sp. nov., isolated from a fresh water river. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5193-5197.

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Record number: 796346