
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.2093
Name	Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Eichler and Pfennig 1989
Preferred Name	Lamprocystis purpurea
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.2093
Type Strain representative organism	ThSch12^T (=Schleinsee =BN 4450 =DSM 4197 =ATCC 49210)


Proper Form	Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989
Nomenclatural History	The species Amoebobacter purpureus was originally described by Eichler and Pfennig 1988. This name became validly published when it appeared on Validation List No. 29 in 1989. In 1999, Tindall established Amoebobacter purpureus as the basonym of Pfennigia purpurea (Eichler and Pfennig 1989) Tindall 1999 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Amoebobacter purpureus Eichler and Pfennig 1989.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.2093.
Source File	10.1601/nm.2093.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 19, 2009.

References

List Editor. Validation List no. 29. Validation of the publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:205-206. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-39-2-205.
Tindall BJ. Taxonomic note: transfer of Amoebobacter purpureus to the genus Pfennigia gen. nov., as Pfennigia purpurea comb. nov., on the basis of the illegitimate proposal to make Amoebobacter purpureus the type species of the genus Amoebobacter. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1307-1308. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1307.
Eichler B, Pfennig N. A new purple sulfur bacterium from stratified fresh water lakes, Amoebobacter purpurens. Arch Microbiol 1988; 149:395-400. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425577.