
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.1044
Name	Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984
Preferred Name	Luteovulum sphaeroides sphaeroides
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.1044
Type Strain representative organism	ATH 2.4.1^T (=NCIB 8287 =DSM 158 =JCM 6121 =CGMCC 1.3368 =ATCC 17023 =CGMCC 1.1737 =NCIMB 8287 =LMG 2827 =BCRC 16407 =CECT 300 =KCTC 1434 =IAM 14237 =ATCC 11167 =ATCC 14690 =NBRC 12203 =NCIB 8253 =NCIMB 8253 =CIP 60.6 =IFO 12203 =CCUG 31486)


Proper Form	Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhodobacter sphaeroides was originally described and validly published by Imhoff et al. 1984. Imhoff et al. formed this name in 1984 by placing the species Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) into the genus Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984 emend. Suresh et al. 2019. In 2020, Suresh et al. established Rhodobacter sphaeroides as the basonym of Luteovulum sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Suresh et al. 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhodobacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Imhoff et al. 1984.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.1044.
Source File	10.1601/nm.1044.xml


This information was last reviewed on May 24, 2019.

References

Suresh G, Lodha TD, Indu B, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Corrigendum: Taxogenomics Resolves Conflict in the Genus Rhodobacter: A Two and Half Decades Pending Thought to Reclassify the Genus Rhodobacter. Front. Microbio. 2020; 11:1111-1111. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2020.01111 [PubMed].
Imhoff JF, Trüper HG, Pfennig N. Rearrangements of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria.". Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:340-343. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-34-3-340.