Name: Rhodobaca barguzinensis Boldareva et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.gu.zin.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. barguzinensis, pertaining to Barguzin Valley (discovered in the Barguzin Valley)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: alga-05; DSM 19920; VKM B-2406

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK598755 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Boldareva EN, Akimov VN, Boychenko VA, Stadnichuk IN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Gorlenko VM. Rhodobaca barguzinensis sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium isolated from a soda lake of the Barguzin Valley (Buryat Republic, Eastern Siberia). Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2008; 77:206-218.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rhodobaca bogoriensis subsp. barguzinensis" (Boldareva et al. 2009) Liang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21359 (N = 56).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain VKM B-2406 is cited as VKM B2406, and the strain DSM 19920 is cited as DSMZ 19920. — 🧍 The correct etymology of the specific epithet was provided by the Lists Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 127. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:923-925.

Parent taxon: Rhodobaca Milford et al. 2001

Assigned by: Boldareva EN, Akimov VN, Boychenko VA, Stadnichuk IN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Gorlenko VM. Rhodobaca barguzinensis sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium isolated from a soda lake of the Barguzin Valley (Buryat Republic, Eastern Siberia). Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2008; 77:206-218.

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