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Genus Rhodoglobus
Name: Rhodoglobus Sheridan et al. 2003
Etymology: Rho.do.glo.bus. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; L. masc. n. globus, ball; N.L. masc. n. Rhodoglobus, red ball
Gender: masculine (stem: Rhodoglob-)
Type species: Rhodoglobus vestalii Sheridan et al. 2003
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sheridan PP, Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Rhodoglobus vestalii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:985-994. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Rhodoglubus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05768 (N = 3).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; CIP: 2; CMS: 1; MTCC: 1; ATCC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rhodoglobus aureus (Reddy et al. 2003) An et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name Rhodoglobus vestalii Sheridan et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.
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Record number: 517327
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