Name: Geofilum rhodophaeum Mu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rho.do.phae’um. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, the rose; Gr. masc. adj. phaios, brown; N.L. neut. adj. rhodophaeum, rose-brown

Gender: neuter

Type strain: HF401; KCTC 42595; MCCC 1H00119

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY659246 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mu X, Xu ZX, Mu DS, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Geofilum rhodophaeum sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3913-3918.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• 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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geofilum Miyazaki et al. 2012

Assigned by: Mu X, Xu ZX, Mu DS, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Geofilum rhodophaeum sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3913-3918.

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Record number: 796056