Name: Aetherobacter rufus Garcia et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’fus. L. masc. adj. rufus, red

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 24628; NCCB 100378; SBSr003

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: GU249610 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garcia R, Stadler M, Gemperlein K, Muller R. Aetherobacter fasciculatus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aetherobacter rufus sp. nov., novel myxobacteria with promising biotechnological applications. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:928-938.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Aetherobacter Garcia et al. 2016

Assigned by: Garcia R, Stadler M, Gemperlein K, Muller R. Aetherobacter fasciculatus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aetherobacter rufus sp. nov., novel myxobacteria with promising biotechnological applications. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:928-938.

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Record number: 793201