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Genus Roseicyclus
Name: Roseicyclus Rathgeber et al. 2005
Etymology: Ro.se.i.cy’clus. L. masc. adj. roseus, pink; L. masc. n. cyclus, a circle, cycle; N.L. masc. n. Roseicyclus, pink cyclic bacterium
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Roseicycl-), ro-se-i-KY-klus
Type species: Roseicyclus mahoneyensis Rathgeber et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Rathgeber C, Yurkova N, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Beatty JT, Yurkov V. Roseicyclus mahoneyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from a meromictic lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1597-1603. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Roseibacterium Suzuki et al. 2006 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Tang et al. 2018
Tang L, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Cui R, Tian Y, Zhang Y. Roseicyclus marinus sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture, and emended description of the genus Roseicyclus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1781-1786. 🇨🇳
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Tang et al. 2018
Tang L, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Cui R, Tian Y, Zhang Y. Roseicyclus marinus sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture, and emended description of the genus Roseicyclus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1781-1786.
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Notes:
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🧕 Tang et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Tang L, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Cui R, Tian Y, Zhang Y. Roseicyclus marinus sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture, and emended description of the genus Roseicyclus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1781-1786. 🇨🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pinkicyclus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; MCCC: 4; DSM: 2; VKM: 1; NBRC: 1; JCM: 1; CIP: 1; KCCM: 1; CCMM: 1.
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🧕 Tang et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Tang L, Zhang Z, Zhou C, Cui R, Tian Y, Zhang Y. Roseicyclus marinus sp. nov., isolated from a Synechococcus culture, and emended description of the genus Roseicyclus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1781-1786.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Roseicyclus amphidinii Cui et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus elongatus (Suzuki et al. 2006) Zhou et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus mahoneyensis Rathgeber et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus marinus Tang et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus persicicus (Yoon 2020) Zhou et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus salinarum Zhou et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Roseicyclus sediminis Zhou et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 516497
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