Rhodospira

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Rhodospira

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Rhodospira Pfennig et al. 1998, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rsa. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; L. fem. n. spira, a spiral; N.L. fem. n. Rhodospira, the rose spiral.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [PFENNIG (N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phototrophic proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 39-45.]
Validation List N° 64 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Rhodospira trueperi Pfennig et al. 1998, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 8316 = ATCC 700224.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: X99671.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. trueperi, of Trüper, named for Hans Georg Trüper, a German microbiologist who contributed significantly to our knowledge of the anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 64. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1998, 48, 327-328. [PFENNIG (N.), LÜNSDORF (H.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodospira trueperi gen. nov., sp. nov., a new phototrophic proteobacterium of the alpha group. Arch. Microbiol., 1997, 168, 39-45.]
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