Species Dinoroseobacter shibae

Name: Dinoroseobacter shibae Biebl et al. 2005

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: shi’bae. N.L. gen. masc. n. shibae, of Shiba, named after Professor Tsuneo Shiba, who discovered the marine aerobic anoxygenic phototrophic bacteria and provided fundamental contributions to the description of this physiological group of bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: di-no-ro-se-o-BAK-ter S͡HI-ba͡e, masculine

Type strain: DFL 12; DSM 16493; NCIMB 14021

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ534211 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Biebl H, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Koblizek M, Lunsdorf H, Pukall R, Wagner-Dobler I. Dinoroseobacter shibae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from dinoflagellates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1089-1096. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dinoroseobacter Biebl et al. 2005. Publication: Biebl H, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Koblizek M, Lunsdorf H, Pukall R, Wagner-Dobler I. Dinoroseobacter shibae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from dinoflagellates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1089-1096. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 81 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 Dinoroseobacter shibae was isolated from laboratory cultures of the dinoflagellates Prorocentrum micans and Aleandrium ostenfeldtii. Sequencing was conducted at the JGI with support from the DOE and the Moore-Foundation and the genome paper was a joint project of the Transregio-SFB Roseobacter. Publication: Wagner-Dobler I, Ballhausen B, Berger M, Brinkhoff T, Buchholz I, Bunk B, Cypionka H, Daniel R, Drepper T, Gerdts G, et al. The complete genome sequence of the algal symbiont Dinoroseobacter shibae: a hitchhiker's guide to life in the sea. ISME J 2010; 4:61-77. 🇩🇪
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Dinoroseobacter Biebl et al. 2005

Assigned by: Biebl H, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Koblizek M, Lunsdorf H, Pukall R, Wagner-Dobler I. Dinoroseobacter shibae gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic phototrophic bacterium isolated from dinoflagellates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1089-1096. 🇩🇪

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