Name: Rhodoblastus acidophilus (Pfennig 1969) Imhoff 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lus. L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; L. neut. adj. acidum, acid; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidophilus, acid-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25092; CIP 103962; Crystal Lake; DSM 137; LMG 4304; Pfennig 7050

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR733696 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imhoff JF. Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1863-1866.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rhodopseudomonas acidophila Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001. Publication: Imhoff JF. Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1863-1866.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 24 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodoblastus Imhoff 2001

Assigned by: Imhoff JF. Transfer of Rhodopseudomonas acidophila to the new genus Rhodoblastus as Rhodoblastus acidophilus gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1863-1866.

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