Name: "Rhodoplanes cryptolactis" Okamura et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cryp.to’lac.tis. Gr. masc. adj. kryptos, hidden; L. fem. n. lactes, milk; N.L. gen. neut. n. cryptolactis, hidden of milk

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49414; DSM 9987; NBRC 104267; TUT3520

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB087718 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Okamura K, Hisada T, Hiraishi A. Characterization of thermotolerant purple nonsulfur bacteria isolated from hot-spring Chloroflexus mats and the reclassification of "Rhodopseudomonas cryptolactis" Stadtwald-Demchick et al.1990 as Rhodoplanes cryptolactis nom. rev., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2007; 53:357-361.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Rhodoplanes tepidamans Hiraishi and Okamura 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Rhodopseudomonas cryptolactis" Stadtwald-Demchick et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Rhodoplanes tepidamans Hiraishi and Okamura 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.

Parent taxon: Rhodoplanes Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Okamura K, Hisada T, Hiraishi A. Characterization of thermotolerant purple nonsulfur bacteria isolated from hot-spring Chloroflexus mats and the reclassification of "Rhodopseudomonas cryptolactis" Stadtwald-Demchick et al.1990 as Rhodoplanes cryptolactis nom. rev., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2007; 53:357-361.

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Record number: 785509