Name: Blastochloris Hiraishi 1997
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
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Blastochloris gulmargensis Venkata Ramana et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Blastochloris sulfoviridis (Keppen and Gorlenko 1975) Hiraishi 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Blastochloris tepida Madigan et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Blastochloris viridis (Drews and Giesbrecht 1966) Hiraishi 1997 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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