Name: Labrenzia aggregata (Uchino et al. 1999 ex Ahrens 1968) Biebl et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Stappia aggregata (ex Ahrens 1968) Uchino et al. 1999

Etymology: ag.gre.ga’ta. L. fem. part. adj. aggregata, joined together

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25650; B 1; DSM 13394; IAM 12614; IFO 16684; JCM 20685; LMG 122; NBRC 16684; NCIMB 2208; NCMB 2208

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16S rRNA gene: AB681109 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Biebl H, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Schulz S, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Wagner-Dobler I. Description of Labrenzia alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a, and a proposal for reclassification of Stappia aggregata as Labrenzia aggregata comb. nov., of Stappia marina as Labrenzia marina comb. nov. and of Stappia alba as Labrenzia alba comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Pannonibacter, Stappia and Roseibium, and of the species Roseibium denhamense and Roseibium hamelinense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1095-1107.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseibium aggregatum (Uchino et al. 1999 ex Ahrens 1968) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseibium aggregatum (Uchino et al. 1999 ex Ahrens 1968) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Stappia aggregata (ex Ahrens 1968) Uchino et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Labrenzia aggregata 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 Labrenzia.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 16 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Labrenzia Biebl et al. 2007

Assigned by: Biebl H, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Schulz S, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Wagner-Dobler I. Description of Labrenzia alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a, and a proposal for reclassification of Stappia aggregata as Labrenzia aggregata comb. nov., of Stappia marina as Labrenzia marina comb. nov. and of Stappia alba as Labrenzia alba comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Pannonibacter, Stappia and Roseibium, and of the species Roseibium denhamense and Roseibium hamelinense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1095-1107.

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