Name: Cereibacter ovatus (Srinivas et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rhodobacter ovatus Srinivas et al. 2008

Etymology: o.va’tus. L. masc. part. adj. ovatus, egg-shaped, ovate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55049; JA234; JCM 14779

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM690348 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Luteovulum ovatum" (Srinivas et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Luteovulum ovatum (Srinivas et al. 2008) Suresh et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Rhodobacter ovatus Srinivas et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cereibacter Suresh et al. 2015

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11105