Name: Litoribacter ruber Tian et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red

Pronunciation, gender: RU-ber, masculine

Type strain: ACCC 5414; KCTC 22899; YIM CH208

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16S rRNA gene: GU254164 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tian SP, Wang YX, Hu B, Zhang XX, Xiao W, Chen Y, Lai YH, Wen ML, Cui XL. Litoribacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2996-3001.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Litoribacter alkaliphilus Subhash et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Litoribacter Tian et al. 2010. Publication: Tian SP, Wang YX, Hu B, Zhang XX, Xiao W, Chen Y, Lai YH, Wen ML, Cui XL. Litoribacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2996-3001.
  • ⏰ According to Pitt et al. (2024), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Litoribacter alkaliphilus Subhash et al. 2013. Publication: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Hahn MW. Description of a new freshwater bacterium Aquirufa regiilacus sp. nov., classification of the genera Aquirufa, Arundinibacter, Sandaracinomonas, and Tellurirhabdus to the family Spirosomataceae, classification of the genus Chryseotalea to the family Fulvivirgaceae and Litoribacter to the family Cyclobacteriaceae, as well as classification of Litoribacter alkaliphilus as a later heterotypic synonym of Litoribacter ruber. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:79.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 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: Litoribacter Tian et al. 2010

Assigned by: Tian SP, Wang YX, Hu B, Zhang XX, Xiao W, Chen Y, Lai YH, Wen ML, Cui XL. Litoribacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2996-3001.

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