
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.821
Name	Rhodospirillum tenue Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Rhodocyclus tenuis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.821
Type Strain representative organism	Pfennig 2761^T (=ATCC 25093 =DSM 109)


Proper Form	Rhodospirillum tenue Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Rhodospirillum tenue was originally described by Pfennig 1969. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1984, Imhoff et al. established Rhodospirillum tenue as the basonym of Rhodocyclus tenuis (Pfennig 1969) Imhoff et al. 1984 emend. Kyndt et al. 2022 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Rhodospirillum tenue Pfennig 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.821.
Source File	10.1601/nm.821.xml


This information was last reviewed on September 16, 2009.

References

Pfennig N. Rhodospirillum tenue sp. n., a new species of the purple nonsulfur bacteria. J Bacteriol 1969; 99:619-620. [PubMed].
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
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.