Name: Blastochloris Hiraishi 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Blas.to.chlo’ris. Gr. n. blustos, bud shoot; Gr. masc. adj. chlôros, green; N.L. fem. n. Blastochloris, green bud shoot

Gender: feminine (stem: Blastochlorid-)

Type species: Blastochloris viridis (Drews and Giesbrecht 1966) Hiraishi 1997

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A. Transfer of the bacteriochlorophyll b-containing phototrophic bacteria Rhodopseudomonas viridis and Rhodopseudomonas sulfoviridis to the genus Blastochloris gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:217-219.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

Parent taxon: Blastochloridaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 515244
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