Name: Rhodoferax Hiraishi et al. 1992
Etymology: Rho.do.fe’rax. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; L. adj. ferax, fertile; N.L. masc. n. Rhodoferax, red and fertile
Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodoferac-)
Type species: Rhodoferax fermentans Hiraishi et al. 1992
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Hiraishi A, Hoshino Y, Satoh T. Rhodoferax fermentans gen. nov., sp. nov., a phototrophic purple nonsulfur bacterium previously referred to as the "Rhodocyclus gelatinosus-like" group. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:330-336.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 40. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:191-192.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Rhodoferax antarcticus Madigan et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax aquaticus Li et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax bucti Zhou et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax fermentans Hiraishi et al. 1992 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax ferrireducens Finneran et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Rhodoferax jenense" Imhoff et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
"Rhodoferax koreense" Farh et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Rhodoferax lacus Park et al. 2019 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax saidenbachensis Kaden et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Rhodoferax sediminis Jin et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by: Kaden R, Sproer C, Beyer D, Krolla-Sidenstein P. Rhodoferax saidenbachensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, very slowly growing bacterium within the family Comamonadaceae, proposal of appropriate taxonomic position of Albidiferax ferrireducens strain T118T in the genus Rhodoferax and emended description of the genus Rhodoferax. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1186-1193.
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