Name: Rhodovulum steppense Kompantseva et al. 2010
Etymology: step.pen’se. N.L. neut. n. steppum, steppe; L. neut. adj. suff. -ense, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. steppense, pertaining to the steppe, widespread in steppe soda lakes [incorrectly formed: not a location]
Type strain: A-20s; DSM 21153; VKM B-2489
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16S rRNA gene: EU741680 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Kompantseva EI, Komova AV, Kostrikina NA. Rhodovulum steppense sp. nov., an obligately haloalkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium widespread in saline soda lakes of Central Asia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1210-1214.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994
Assigned by: Kompantseva EI, Komova AV, Kostrikina NA. Rhodovulum steppense sp. nov., an obligately haloalkaliphilic purple nonsulfur bacterium widespread in saline soda lakes of Central Asia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1210-1214.
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Record number: 788519