Name: "Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. megalophilum" (Arunasri et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2019

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

Nomenclatural type: DSM 18937; JA194; JCM 14598; KCTC 5602

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM421024 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. megalophilum (Arunasri et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter megalophilus Arunasri et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: KCTC 5605.

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

Assigned by: Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2480. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 13127