Name: Litoreibacter albidus Romanenko et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bi.dus. L. masc. adj. albidus, white

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … AL-bi-dus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26922; JCM 16493; KMM 3851; NRIC 773

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB518881 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Mikhailov VV. Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:148-154. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:701-702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 🇩🇪 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011. Publication: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Mikhailov VV. Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:148-154. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Litoreibacter Romanenko et al. 2011

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Tanaka N, Frolova GM, Svetashev VI, Mikhailov VV. Litoreibacter albidus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Litoreibacter janthinus sp. nov., members of the class Alphaproteobacteria isolated from the seashore. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:148-154. 🇷🇺

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