Notes:

• 1) This taxonomic name has been effectively published but not validly published under the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes (Bacteriological Code).
• 2) emend. (emendavit): Used when the alteration of the diagnostic characters or of the circumscription of a taxon modifies the nature of the taxon.

Comments and References:

Validation List No. 17 (1985) VALIDATION LIST No. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1985) 35(2):223-225.

Gest H & Favinger JL (1983) Gest, H., and Favinger, J.L. "Heliobacterium chlorum, an anoxygenic brownish-green photosynthetic bacterium containing a 'new' form of bacteriochlorophyll." Arch. Microbiol. (1983) 136(1):11-16.

Kyndt JA et al. (2021), PubMed: abstract Kyndt, J.A., Montano Salama, D., Meyer, T.E., and Imhoff, J.F. "Phylogenetic relationship of phototrophic heliobacteria and systematic reconsideration of species and genus assignments based on genome sequences of eight species." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2021) 71(4):004729.

Heliobacterium (LPSN link)

VALIDATION LIST No. 17 (1985) VALIDATION LIST No. 17. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1985) 35:223-225.

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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.