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Genus Rubribacterium
Name: Rubribacterium Boldareva et al. 2010
Etymology: Ru.bri.bac.te.ri.um. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Rubribacterium, red rod
Gender: neuter (stem: Rubribacteri-)
Type species: Rubribacterium polymorphum Boldareva et al. 2010
Effective publication:
Boldareva EN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Gorlenko VM. Rubribacterium polymorphum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic nonsulfur purple bacterium from an Eastern Siberian soda lake. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:732-740. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 132. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:469-472.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Boldareva et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Boldareva EN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Gorlenko VM. Rubribacterium polymorphum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic nonsulfur purple bacterium from an Eastern Siberian soda lake. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:732-740.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1.
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🧕 Boldareva et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Boldareva EN, Moskalenko AA, Makhneva ZK, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Gorlenko VM. Rubribacterium polymorphum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic nonsulfur purple bacterium from an Eastern Siberian soda lake. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:732-740.
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 Rubribacterium polymorphum Boldareva et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 
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Record number: 517948
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