Name: Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ru.fi.bac’ter. L. adj. rufus -a -um, red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Rufibacter, a red rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Rufibacter-), ru-fi-BAK-ter

Type species: Rufibacter tibetensis Abaydulla et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Abaydulla G, Luo X, Shi J, Peng F, Liu M, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Rufibacter tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:725-731. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhou et al. (2020), Li et al. (2023). 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: KCTC: 7; CGMCC: 6; MCCC: 4; SYSU: 3; JCM: 2; NBRC: 2; CCTCC: 2; NCAIM: 1; CCM: 1; KACC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rufibacter aurantiacus Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter glacialis Liu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter hautae Zhou et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter immobilis Polkade et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter latericius Yang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter psychrotolerans Liu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter quisquiliarum Felföldi et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Rufibacter radiotolerans Kim and Srinivasan 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter roseolus Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter roseus Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter ruber Kýrová et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter sediminis Qu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter soli Jang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rufibacter tibetensis Abaydulla et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hymenobacteraceae Munoz et al. 2016

Assigned by: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296. 🇪🇸

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