Name: Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ru.bro.bac.ter. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Rubrobacter, red rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Rubrobacter-)

Type species: Rubrobacter radiotolerans (Yoshinaka et al. 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K. Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 52:3340.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Albuquerque et al. 2014 Albuquerque L, Johnson MM, Schumann P, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Description of two new thermophilic species of the genus Rubrobacter, Rubrobacter calidifluminis sp. nov. and Rubrobacter naiadicus sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rubrobacter and the species Rubrobacter bracarensis. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:235-243. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013. Publication: Suzuki K-i. Class V. Rubrobacteria class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2004-2005.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Rubrobacterales Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the subclass Rubrobacteridae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the suborder "Rubrobacterineae" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013. Publication: Suzuki K-i. Class V. Rubrobacteria class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2004-2005.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the order Rubrobacterales Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the subclass Rubrobacteridae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yoshinaka T, Yano K, Yamaguchi H. Isolation of highly radioresistant bacterium. Arthrobacter radiotolerans nov. sp. Agricultural and Biological Chemistry 1973; 37:2269-2275.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rubrobacte"; "Rubrobacterium".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Chen et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; JCM: 6; CECT: 4; NBRC: 3; CGMCC: 3; CIP: 2; ATCC: 2; IFO: 2; KCTC: 2; BCRC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RBBT" 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: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rubrobacter aplysinae Kämpfer et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter bracarensis Jurado et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter calidifluminis Albuquerque et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter indicoceani Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter marinus Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter naiadicus Albuquerque et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter radiotolerans (Yoshinaka et al. 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter spartanus Norman et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter taiwanensis Chen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter tropicus Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rubrobacter xylanophilus Carreto et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rubrobacteraceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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