Etymology: Ro.se.o.bac.ter. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-colored, rosy; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Roseobacter, rose-colored rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Roseobacter-)
Type species: Roseobacter litoralis Shiba 1991
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Shiba T. Roseobacter litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Roseobacter denitrificans sp. nov., aerobic pink-pigmented bacteria which contain bacteriochlorophyll a. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:140-145.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 37. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:331.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Roseobacter algicola Lafay et al. 1995 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Roseobacter cerasinus Muramatsu et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Roseobacter denitrificans Shiba 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Roseobacter gallaeciensis Ruiz-Ponte et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Roseobacter insulae Lee et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Roseobacter litoralis Shiba 1991 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Roseobacter pelophilus" Koepke 2007 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Roseobacter ponti Jung et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
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: 516504