Name: "Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. sphaeroides" (van Niel 1944) Suresh et al. 2019

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sphae.ro.i’des. N.L. adj. sphaeroides, spherical

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 2.4.1; ATCC 17023; ATH 2.4.1.; CCUG 31486; CECT 300; CIP 60.6; DSM 158; IFO 12203; JCM 6121; LMG 2827; NBRC 12203; Van Niel's ATH 2.4.1

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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: orphaned subspecies (and no standing)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Luteovulum sphaeroides subsp. sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 13666