Genus Erythrobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 21
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005).
Type species: ¤ Erythrobacter longus Shiba and Simidu 1982.
Etymology: Gr. adj. eruthros, red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Erythrobacter, red rod.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Erb. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Reference: SHIBA (T.) and SIMIDU (U.): Erythrobacter longus gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacterium which contains bacteriochlorophyll a. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 211-217.
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Erythrobacter aquimaris Yoon et al. 2004, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW-110 = JCM 12189 = KCCM 41818.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY461441.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. gen. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. n. aquimaris, of the water of the sea.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (K.H.), OH (T.K.) and PARK (Y.H.): Erythrobacter aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2004, 54, 1981-1985.
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Erythrobacter aquimixticola Park et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JSSK-14=KCTC 52764=NBRC 112765.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KY614066.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. part. adj. mixtus, mixed; L. suff. cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. aquimixticola, an inhabitant of mixed waters.
Source: Environmental - freshwater.
Valid publication: PARK, S., JUNG, Y. T., CHOI, S. J. and YOON, J. H. 2017. Erythrobacter aquimixticola sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2964-2969.
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Erythrobacter arachoides Xing et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RC4-10-4=CGMCC 1.15507=JCM 31277.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU302715.
Etymology: N.L. n. arachis, peanut; L. suff. -oides, looking like; N.L. masc. adj. arachoides, looking like a peanut.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: XING, T., LIU, Y., WANG, N., XU, B., LIU, K., SHEN, L., GU, Z., GUO, B., ZHOU, Y. and LIU, H. 2017. Erythrobacter arachoides sp. nov., isolated from ice core. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4235-4239.
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Erythrobacter atlanticus Zhuang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) s21-N3=MCCC 1A00519=KCTC 42697.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP994305.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LBHU00000000.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. atlanticus, referring to the Atlantic Ocean, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHUANG, L., LIU, Y., WANG, L., WANG, W. and SHAO, Z. 2015. Erythrobacter atlanticus sp. nov., a bacterium from ocean sediment able to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 3714-3719.
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Erythrobacter citreus Denner et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RE35F/1 = CIP 107092 = DSM 14432 = JCM 21816.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF118020.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. citreus, of or pertaining to the citron-tree; intended to mean lemon-yellow, describing the lemon-yellow pigmentation.
Valid publication: DENNER (E.B.M.), VYBIRAL (D.), KOBLÍŽEK (M.), KÄMPFER (P.), BUSSE (H.J.) and VELIMIROV (B.): Erythrobacter citreus sp. nov., a yellow-pigmented bacterium that lacks bacteriochlorophyll a, isolated from the western Mediterranean Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1655-1661.
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Note: The specific epithet is a "L. adj.", not a "M.L. adj." as cited in the paper by Denner et al. 2002.
Erythrobacter flavus Yoon et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW-46 = JCM 11808 = KCCM 41642.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF500004.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KIM (H.), KIM (I.G.), KANG (K.H.) and PARK (Y.H.): Erythrobacter flavus sp. nov., a slight halophile from the East Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1169-1174.
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Erythrobacter gaetbuli Yoon et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW-161 = DSM 16225 = KCTC 12227.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY562220.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. gaetbuli, of gaetbul, the Korean name for a tidal flat.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), OH (T.K.) and PARK (Y.H.): Erythrobacter seohaensis sp. nov. and Erythrobacter gaetbuli sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 71-75.
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Erythrobacter gangjinensis Lee et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K7-2 = JCM 15420 = KCTC 22330.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU428782.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. gangjinensis, referring to Gangjin, the name of the bay in Korea from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: LEE (Y.S.), LEE (D.H.), KAHNG (H.Y.), KIM (E.M.) and JUNG (J.S.): Erythrobacter gangjinensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1413-1417.
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Erythrobacter jejuensis Yoon et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) CNU001 = JCM 16677 = KCTC 23090.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ453142.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. jejuensis, of or belonging to Jeju Island in the Republic of Korea, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (B.J.), LEE (D.H.) and OH (D.C.): Erythrobacter jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63,1421-1426.
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Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T4 = ATCC 700002= CIP 106926 = DSM 8509 = JCM 10281 = NBRC 102620.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF465836.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the sea-shore.
Valid publication: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), HOLMES (A.), FUERST (J.A.), HUGENHOLTZ (P.), GOLECKI (J.), GAD'ON (N.), GORLENKO (V.M.), KOMPANTSEVA (E.I.) and DREWS (G.): Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1994, 44, 427-434.
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Erythrobacter longus Shiba and Simidu 1982, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) OCh101 = ATCC 33941= CIP 104268 = DSM 6997 = IFO (now NBRC) 14126 = JCM 6170.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF465835.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. longus, long.
Valid publication: SHIBA (T.) and SIMIDU (U.): Erythrobacter longus gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacterium which contains bacteriochlorophyll a. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1982, 32, 211-217.
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Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW-109 = JCM 12599 = KCTC 12311.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY739662.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. luteolus, yellowish.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), KANG (K.H.), YEO (S.H.) and OH (T.K.): Erythrobacter luteolus sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1167-1170.
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→ ¤ Altererythrobacter luteolus (Yoon et al. 2005) Kwon et al. 2007, comb. nov.
Erythrobacter luteus Lei et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KA37=MCCC 1F01227=KCTC 42179.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KP197673.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: LBHB01000000.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. luteus, orange-coloured, referring to the colour of the colony.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: LEI, X., ZHANG, H., CHEN, Y., LI, Y., CHEN, Z., LAI, Q., ZHANG, J., ZHENG, W., XU, H. and ZHENG, T. 2015. Erythrobacter luteus sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2472-2478.
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Erythrobacter lutimaris Jung et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S-5=KCTC 42109=CECT 8624.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KJ870094.
Etymology: L. n. lutum -i, mud; L. n. mare maris the sea, marine; N.L. gen. n. lutimaris of a marine mud).
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: JUNG, Y.-T., PARK, S., LEE, J.-S. and YOON, J.-H. 2014. Erythrobacter lutimaris sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 4184-4190.
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Erythrobacter marinus Jung et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HWDM-33 = CCUG 60528 = KCTC 23554.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ117934.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Valid publication: JUNG (Y.T.), PARK (S.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Erythrobacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 2050-2055.
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Erythrobacter nanhaisediminis Xu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T30 = CGMCC 1.7715 = JCM 16125.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ654473.
Etymology: Chin. n. nanhai, meaning "the South China Sea" in Chinese; L. gen. n. sediminis, of a sediment; N.L. gen. n. nanhaisediminis, of a sediment from the South China Sea.
Valid publication: XU (M.), XIN (Y.), YU (Y.), ZHANG (J.), ZHOU (Y.), LIU (H.), TIAN (J.) and LI (Y.): Erythrobacter nanhaisediminis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment of the South China Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2215-2220.
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Erythrobacter odishensis Subhash et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JA747=KCTC 23981=NBRC 108930.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HE680094.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. odishensis, of or belonging to Odisha, a coastal state in India rich in bacterial diversity.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Reference: SUBHASH, Y., TUSHAR, L., SASIKALA, CH. and RAMANA CH., V. 2013. Erythrobacter odishensis sp. nov. and Pontibacter odishensis sp. nov. isolated from dry soil of a solar saltern. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4524-4532.
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Erythrobacter pelagi Wu et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) UST081027-248 = JCM 17468 = NRRL 59511.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ203045.
Etymology: L. gen. n. pelagi, of/from the sea, reflecting isolation of the type strain from seawater of the Red Sea.
Valid publication: WU (H.X.), LAI (P.Y.), LEE (O.O.), ZHOU (X.J.), MIAO (L.), WANG (H.) and QIAN (P.Y.): Erythrobacter pelagi sp. nov., a member of the family Erythrobacteraceae isolated from the Red Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1348-1353.
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Erythrobacter seohaensis Yoon et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SW-135 = DSM 16221 = JCM 21815 = KCTC 12228.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY562219.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. seohaensis, of Seohae, the Korean name of the Yellow Sea, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: YOON (J.H.), OH (T.K.) and PARK (Y.H.): Erythrobacter seohaensis sp. nov. and Erythrobacter gaetbuli sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 71-75.
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Erythrobacter vulgaris Ivanova et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 022-2-10 = CIP 108956 = KMM 3465.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY706935.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. vulgaris, ordinary, usual, common.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 108. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 499-500.
Effective publication: IVANOVA (E.P.), BOWMAN (J.P.), LYSENKO (A.M.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), GORSHKOVA (N.M.), KUZNETSOVA (T.A.), KALINOVSKAYA (N.I.), SHEVCHENKO (L.S.) and MIKHAILOV (V.V.): Erythrobacter vulgaris sp. nov., a novel organism isolated from the marine invertebrates. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2005, 28, 123-130.
Validation List no. 108 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the effective publication, the type strain CIP 108956 is erroneously cited as CIP 107841.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 108 (footnote §). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 499-500.
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Erythrobacter xanthus Li et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SM1501=KCTC 42669=CCTCC AB 2015396.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KU529278.
Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow; N.L. masc. adj. xanthus, yellow.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LI, D. D., ZHANG, Y. Q., PENG, M., WANG, N., WANG, X. J., ZHANG, X. Y., LI, P. Y., XIE, B. B., CHEN, X. L., ZHANG, Y. Z. and QIN, Q. L. 2017. Erythrobacter xanthus sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the South China Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 2459-2464.
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