Name: Malonomonas rubra Dehning and Schink 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’bra. L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. fem. adj. rubra, red, referring to the red color of the cells

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 5091; Gra Mal 1

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16S rRNA gene: Y17712 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dehning I, Schink B. Malonomonas rubra gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant anaerobic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:427-433.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 34. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:320-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Malonomonas Dehning and Schink 1990. Publication: Dehning I, Schink B. Malonomonas rubra gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant anaerobic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:427-433.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 17 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Malonomonas Dehning and Schink 1990

Assigned by: Dehning I, Schink B. Malonomonas rubra gen. nov., sp. nov., a microaerotolerant anaerobic bacterium growing by decarboxylation of malonate. Arch. Microbiol. 1989; 151:427-433.

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Record number: 777653