Rhodovulum

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 13
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rdv. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. n. rhodon, the rose; N.L. dim. neut. n. ovulum (from L. n. ovum, an egg), a small egg; N.L. neut. dim. n. Rhodovulum, small red egg.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In 1997, the "Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria" proposed the abbreviation Rdv [1]. In the "Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan 2003", published in the May 2004 issue of the IJSEM, this abbreviation is erroneously cited as Rvu [2, 3].
References:
1 TRÜPER (H.G.) and MADIGAN (M.T.): International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 925-926.
Minutes of the Meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria in IJSEM Online
2 IMHOFF (J.F.) and MADIGAN (M.T.): International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes - Subcommitteee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1001-1003.
Minutes of the meetings, 27 August 2003, Tokyo, Japan in IJSEM Online
3 IMHOFF (J.F.): Personal communication (May 13, 2004).
4 Erratum in IJSEM Online.

Rhodovulum adriaticum (Neutzling et al. 1984) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Imhoff 6II = BN 721(6II) = ATCC 35885 = DSM 2781.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D16418.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas adriatica Neutzling et al. 1984.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. adriaticum, pertaining to the Adriatic Sea.
Other synonym: ¤ Rhodobacter adriaticus (Neutzling et al. 1984) Imhoff et al. 1984.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum euryhalinum (Kompantseva 1989) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Kompantseva KA-65 = KA-65 = DSM 4868.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D16426.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodobacter euryhalinus Kompantseva 1989.
Etymology: Gr. adj. eurus, wide, broad; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. suff. -inus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. euryhalinum, living in a wide range of salinity.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum imhoffii Srinivas et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA125 = DSM 18064 = JCM 13589.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM180953.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. imhoffii, of Imhoff, named after Johannes F. Imhoff, a German microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria.
Reference: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), KUMAR (P.A.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum imhoffii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 228-232.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum iodosum Straub et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain N1 = ATCC 700895 = DSM 12328.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15011.
Etymology: Gr. adj. iodes, violet, rusty; L. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. neut. adj. iodosum, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits.
Reference: STRAUB (K.L.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WIDDEL (F.): Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 729-735.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum kholense Anil Kumar et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA297 = ATCC BAA-1544 = CCUG 55397 = JCM 14888.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM748927.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. kholense, pertaining to Khola, from where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: ANIL KUMAR (P.), APARNA (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum kholense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1723-1726.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum lacipunicei Chakravarthy et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA322 = KCTC 5700 = NBRC 104147.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM921780.
Etymology: L. n. lacus -us, a lake, a pond; L. adj. puniceus -a -um, purple-coloured; N.L. gen. n. lacipunicei, of/from a purple pond.
Reference: CHAKRAVARTHY (S.K.), SUCHARITHA (K.), SASIKALA (C.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum lacipunicei sp. nov., an obligate sulfide-demanding phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a purple pond in India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1615-1619.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum marinum Srinivas et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA128 = ATCC BAA-1215 = CCUG 52183 = JCM 13300.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ891122.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. marinum, of the sea, marine.
Reference: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), KUMAR (P.A.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C. V.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodovulum marinum sp. nov., a novel phototrophic purple non-sulfur alphaproteobacterium from marine tides of Visakhapatnam, India. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1651-1656.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Srinivas et al. 2006, the type strain ATCC BAA-1215 is cited as ATCC BAA 1215 (without dash).

Rhodovulum phaeolacus Lakshmi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA580 = KCTC 5963 = NBRC 107649.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FN669139.
Etymology: Gr. adj. phaeos, dark, brown; L. n. lacus -us, a large reservoir for water, a pond; N.L. gen. n. phaeolacus, of/from a brown pound.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 142. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565. [LAKSHMI (K.V.N.S.), SASILAKA (C.)., RAMANA (V.V.), RAMAPRASAD (E.V.V.) and RAMANA (C.V.): Rhodovulum phaeolacus sp. nov. a phototrophic alphaproteobacterium isolated from a brown pond. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2011, 57, 145-151.]
Validation List N° 142 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: In the effective publication the type strain NBRC 107649 is erroneously cited as NBRC 107612.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List n° 142 (footnote §§). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2563-2565.
Validation List N° 142 in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum robiginosum Straub et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain N2 = ATCC 700896 = DSM 12329.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: Y15012.
Etymology: L. neut. adj. robiginosum, rusty, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits.
Reference: STRAUB (K.L.), RAINEY (F.A.) and WIDDEL (F.): Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 729-735.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum steppense Kompantseva et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain A-20s = DSM 21153 = VKM B-2489.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU741680.
Etymology: N.L. n. steppum, steppe; L. neut. suff. -ense, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. neut. adj. steppense, of or pertaining to the steppe, widespread in steppe soda lakes.
Reference: KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.), KOMOVA (A.V.) and KOSTRIKINA (N.A.): 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum strictum Hiraishi and Ueda 1995, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MB-G2 = DSM 11289 = IFO (now NBRC) 16662 = JCM 9220.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D16419.
Etymology: L. neut. part. adj. strictum, strait, tight, strict; referring to the fact that the cells require strict growth conditions.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Isolation and characterization of Rhodovulum strictum sp. nov. and some other purple nonsulfur bacteria from colored blooms in tidal and seawater pools. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 319-326.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum sulfidophilum (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Hiraishi and Ueda 1994, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Hansen W4 = ATCC 35886 = DSM 1374 = LMG 5201.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D16423.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas sulfidophila Hansen and Veldkamp 1973 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonym: ¤ Rhodobacter sulfidophilus (Hansen and Veldkamp 1973) Imhoff et al. 1984.
Etymology: N.L. n. sulfidum, sulfide; N.L. neut. adj. philum (from Gr. neut. adj. philon), friend, loving; N.L. neut. adj. sulfidophilum, sulfide loving.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.) and UEDA (Y.): Intrageneric structure of the genus Rhodobacter: transfer of Rhodobacter sulfidophilus and related marine species to the genus Rhodovulum gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 15-23.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense Srinivas et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA181 = ATCC BAA-1274 = DSM 17937 = JCM 13531.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM180707.
Etymology: N.L. neut. adj. visakhapatnamense, pertaining to Visakhapatnam, the place from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), ANIL KUMAR (P.), SASIKALA (C.), RAMANA (C.V.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rhodovulum visakhapatnamense sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1762-1764.
Original article in IJSEM Online