Name: Kandeliimicrobium roseum Wang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.um. L. neut. adj. roseum, pink, rose-colored, rosy

Pronunciation, gender: RO-se-um, neuter

Type strain: DSM 104294; KCTC 52266; MCCC 1K01498; XY-R6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT886061 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang KL, Song ZM, Rong CH, Hao LY, Lai QL, Li SF, Xu Y. Kandeliimicrobium roseum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2158-2164.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Oceaniglobus roseus (Wang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceaniglobus roseus (Wang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Kandeliimicrobium Wang et al. 2018. Publication: Wang KL, Song ZM, Rong CH, Hao LY, Lai QL, Li SF, Xu Y. Kandeliimicrobium roseum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2158-2164.
  • ❗ Kandeliimicrobium roseum 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 Kandeliimicrobium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Kandeliimicrobium Wang et al. 2018

Assigned by: Wang KL, Song ZM, Rong CH, Hao LY, Lai QL, Li SF, Xu Y. Kandeliimicrobium roseum gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from mangrove rhizosphere soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2158-2164.

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