Effective publication:
Pfennig N. Rhodocyclus purpureus gen. nov. and sp. nov., a ring-shaped, vitamin B12-requiring member of the family Rhodospirillaceae. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:283-288.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Emendations:
Imhoff et al. 1984
Imhoff JF, Trüper HG, Pfennig N. Rearrangement of the species and genera of the phototrophic "purple nonsulfur bacteria". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:340-343. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Rhodocyclales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VI. Rhodocyclales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the order Rhodocyclales Garrity et al. 2006.Publication:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Order VI. Rhodocyclales ord. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Chromatibacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002.Publication:
Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhodociyclus"; "Rhodocycius"; "Rhodocycliis"; "Rhodocycluswas"; "Rhodocyctlus"; "Rhodocydus"; "Rhodocylcus"; "Rhodocylus"; "Rhodogclus"; "Rhodoqclus"; "Rlwdocyclus".
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; LMG: 3; CCUG: 3; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 2; JCM: 2; NCIMB: 1; CIP: 1; IFO: 1.
🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ROCY" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer.Publication:
Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4 Total number of child taxa: 4
Assigned by:
Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
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