Name: Rhodoluna limnophila Pitt et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lim.no’phi.la. Gr. fem. n. limnê, lake; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. limnophila, lake-loving

Pronunciation, gender: lim-NO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: 27D-LEPI; DSM 107804; JCM 32926; MWH VicMua1

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16S rRNA gene: AJ565417 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Hahn MW. Rhodoluna limnophila sp. nov., a bacterium with 1.4 Mbp genome size isolated from freshwater habitats located in Salzburg, Austria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3946-3954. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1447-1449.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Candidatus Rhodoluna limnophila" Hahn 2009	homotypic synonym, pro-validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rhodoluna Hahn et al. 2014

Assigned by: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Hahn MW. Rhodoluna limnophila sp. nov., a bacterium with 1.4 Mbp genome size isolated from freshwater habitats located in Salzburg, Austria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3946-3954. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 5480