Name: Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ro.se.a’te.les. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink; Gr. neut. adj. ateles, defective, incomplete; N.L. masc. n. Roseateles, the rose-coloured incomplete (photosynthetic bacterium) [incorrectly formed: also possible neuter: ateles vs. atelês]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Roseatel-), ro-se-A-te-les

Type species: Roseateles depolymerans Suyama et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suyama T, Shigematsu T, Takaichi S, Nodasaka Y, Fujikawa S, Hosoya H, Tokiwa Y, Kanagawa T, Hanada S. Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:449-457. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mitsuaria Amakata et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kinneretia Gomila et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Gomila et al. 2008 Gomila M, Bowien B, Falsen E, Moore ER, Lalucat J. Description of Roseateles aquatilis sp. nov. and Roseateles terrae sp. nov., in the class Betaproteobacteria, and emended description of the genus Roseateles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:6-11. 🇪🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Sisinthy and Gundlapally 2020 Sisinthy S, Gundlapally SR. Mitsuaria chitinivorans sp. nov. a potential candidate for bioremediation: emended description of the genera Mitsuaria, Roseateles and Pelomonas. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:1839-1848. 🇮🇳
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Liu et al. 2022 Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 8 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Suyama et al. (1999) assigned this genus to the family Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991. Publication: Suyama T, Shigematsu T, Takaichi S, Nodasaka Y, Fujikawa S, Hosoya H, Tokiwa Y, Kanagawa T, Hanada S. Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:449-457. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Reseateles".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Madigan MT. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the Meetings, 28 August 2000, Barcelona, Spain. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002; 52:2335-2336. 🇩🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Gomila et al. (2010), Woo et al. (2025). 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: KACC: 11; TBRC: 10; CCUG: 7; KCTC: 5; CECT: 5; NBRC: 4; DSM: 4; JCM: 4; LMG: 3; CCTCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 26
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 27

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Roseateles agri You and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles albus Park et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles amylovorans Guliayeva et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles aquae Woo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Roseateles aquaticus" (Gomila et al. 2007) Park et al. 2023	not validly published	synonym
    Roseateles aquatilis Gomila et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles asaccharophilus (Gomila et al. 2010) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles caseinilyticus So et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles cavernae Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles cellulosilyticus So et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles chitinivorans (Sisinthy and Gundlapally 2021) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles chitosanitabidus (Amakata et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles depolymerans Suyama et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles flavus Woo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles hydrophilus Woo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles koreensis Park et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles microcysteis Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles noduli (Fan et al. 2018) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles oligotrophus (Pheng et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles paludis Woo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles puraquae (Gomila et al. 2007) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles rivi Lu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles saccharophilus (Doudoroff 1940) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles subflavus Woo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles terrae Gomila et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles toxinivorans (Rapala et al. 2005) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Roseateles violae Woo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphaerotilaceae Liu et al. 2023

Assigned by: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

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