Name: Tabrizicola blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981

Etymology: blas’ti.ca. Gr. adj. blastikos -ê -on, budding, sprouting; N.L. fem. adj. blastica, budding, apt to bud

Pronunciation, gender: BLAS-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 33485; CGMCC 1.3365; CIP 104374; DSM 2131; DSM 26431; IFO 16437; LMG 4305; NBRC 16437; NCIB 11576; NCIMB 11576

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D16429 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Pseudogemmobacter blasticus (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Huang et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudogemmobacter blasticus (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blastica (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Rhodopseudomonas blastica Eckersley and Dow 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Fuscovulum blasticum (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter blasticus corrig. (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Kawasaki et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tabrizicola blastica 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 Tabrizicola.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Tabrizicola Tarhriz et al. 2014

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11073