Name: Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. megalophilum (Arunasri et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008

Etymology: me.ga.lo’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. megas, wide; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. megalophilum, wide (temperature)-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-te-O-wu-lum sp^ha͡er-o-I-des me-ga-LO-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 18937; JA194; JCM 14598; KCTC 5602

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM421024 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Corrigendum: Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1111. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 196. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5596-5601.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    "Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. megalophilum" (Arunasri et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 5605.
  • ❗ Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. megalophilum is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Luteovulum sphaeroides within a separate genus Luteovulum.
  • 🙅 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 subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Luteovulum sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Suresh et al. 2020

Assigned by: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Corrigendum: Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:1111. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 15281