Name: Pararhodobacter aggregans Foesel et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. part. adj. aggregans, forming aggregates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1446; D1-19; DSM 18938

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MH332384 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Foesel BU, Drake HL, Schramm A. Defluviimonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pararhodobacter aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., non-phototrophic Rhodobacteraceae from the biofilter of a marine aquaculture. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:498-502.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pararhodobacter Foesel et al. 2013. Publication: Foesel BU, Drake HL, Schramm A. Defluviimonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pararhodobacter aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., non-phototrophic Rhodobacteraceae from the biofilter of a marine aquaculture. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:498-502.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Pararhodobacter Foesel et al. 2013

Assigned by: Foesel BU, Drake HL, Schramm A. Defluviimonas denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Pararhodobacter aggregans gen. nov., sp. nov., non-phototrophic Rhodobacteraceae from the biofilter of a marine aquaculture. Syst Appl Microbiol 2011; 34:498-502.

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