Name: Amoebobacter roseus Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rosy, rose-colored, pink

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 6611, Davis; Davis; DSM 235; SMG 235

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ002798 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiocapsa rosea (Winogradsky 1888) Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Thiocapsa rosea (Winogradsky 1888) Guyoneaud et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.
  • ❗ Amoebobacter roseus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Amoebobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Amoebobacter Winogradsky 1888 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Winogradsky S. Beiträge zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Bacterien. Heft I. Zur Morphologie und Physiologie der Schwefelbacterien. Arthur Felix, Leipzig, 1888.

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Record number: 773171