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Genus Rubidibacter
Name: Rubidibacter Choi et al. 2008
Etymology: Ru.bi.di.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. rubidus, red, reddish; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Rubidibacter, red-coloured rod
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Rubidibacter-), ru-bi-di-BAK-ter
Type species: Rubidibacter lacunae Choi et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Choi DH, Noh JH, Lee CM, Rho S. Rubidibacter lacunae gen. nov., sp. nov., a unicellular, phycoerythrin-containing cyanobacterium isolated from seawater of Chuuk lagoon, Micronesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2807-2811. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
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🧕 Strunecky et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Halothecaceae Strunecký and Mareš 2023.
Publication:
Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51. 🇨🇿
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Chroococcales corrig. Ardissone 1886.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00385 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; UTEX: 1.
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🧍 Full authorship: Choi, Noh, Lee and Rho 2008.
Publication:
Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
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🧍 Cyanobacteria validly published under the bacteriological code.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585. 🇮🇱
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rubidibacteraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Rubidibacter lacunae Choi et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Microcystaceae Elenkin 1933
Assigned by: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335. 🇨🇿
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Record number: 517833
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