Name: Muricauda ruestringensis Bruns et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rues.tring.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. ruestringensis, of Rüstringen, referring to the former village of Rüstringen, which was destroyed by a tidal wave in 1362, near the site of which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ru͡es-trin͡g-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: B 1; DSM 13258; LMG 19739

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16S rRNA gene: AF218782 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bruns A, Rohde M, Berthe-Corti L. Muricauda ruestringensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, appendaged bacterium from German North Sea intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1997-2006. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flagellimonas ruestringensis (Bruns et al. 2001) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allomuricauda ruestringensis (Bruns et al. 2001) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Flagellimonas ruestringensis (Bruns et al. 2001) Molinari Novoa et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Muricauda Bruns et al. 2001. Publication: Bruns A, Rohde M, Berthe-Corti L. Muricauda ruestringensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, appendaged bacterium from German North Sea intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1997-2006. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 14 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Huntemann M, Teshima H, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, Goodwin LA, et al. Complete genome sequence of the facultatively anaerobic, appendaged bacterium Muricauda ruestringensis type strain (B1^T). Stand Genomic Sci 2012; 6:185-193. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Muricauda Bruns et al. 2001

Assigned by: Bruns A, Rohde M, Berthe-Corti L. Muricauda ruestringensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, appendaged bacterium from German North Sea intertidal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1997-2006. 🇩🇪

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