Species ***Pontibacter* *roseus***

Name: Pontibacter roseus (Suresh et al. 2006) Wang et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Effluviibacter roseus Suresh et al. 2006

Etymology: ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pon-ti-BAK-ter RO-se-us, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17521; MTCC 7260; SRC-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM049256 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang Y, Zhang K, Cai F, Zhang L, Tang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:99-103. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Effluviibacter roseus Suresh et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Zhang et al. 2013 Zhang L, Zhu L, Wei L, Li C, Wang Y, Shen X. Pontibacter toksunensis sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of Pontibacter roseus and Pontibacter akesuensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4462-4468. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Notes:
- 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Lapidus A, Shapiro N, Cheng JF, Han J, Reddy T, Huntemann M, Ivanova N, Mikhailova N, Chen A, et al. High quality draft genome sequence and analysis of Pontibacter roseus type strain SRC-1^T (DSM 17521^T) isolated from muddy waters of a drainage system in Chandigarh, India. Stand Genomic Sci 2015; 10:8. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Wang Y, Zhang K, Cai F, Zhang L, Tang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:99-103. 🇨🇳

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Species ***Pontibacter* *roseus***