Name: Planctomyces brasiliensis Schlesner 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.si.li.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. brasiliensis, of or belonging to the country of Brazil [probably better: brasilensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … bra-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49424; DSM 5305; IFAM 1448; JCM 21570; NBRC 103401

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ231190 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schlesner H. Planctomyces brasiliensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium from a salt pit. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:159-161. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 32. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:105-106.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rubinisphaera brasiliensis (Schlesner 1990) Scheuner et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rubinisphaera brasiliensis (Schlesner 1990) Scheuner et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Planctomyces brasiliensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Planctomyces.
  • 😷 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. — 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 9 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: Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Planctomyces Gimesi 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Schlesner H. Planctomyces brasiliensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium from a salt pit. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:159-161. 🇩🇪

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