Name: Ponticoccus marisrubri Zhang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ris.ru’bri. L. neut. n. mare (gen. maris), sea; L. masc. adj. ruber, red; N.L. gen. neut. n. marisrubri, from the Red Sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACCC 19863; JCM 19520; SJ5A-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP726358 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang G, Haroon MF, Zhang R, Dong X, Liu D, Xiong Q, Xun W, Dong X, Stingl U. Ponticoccus marisrubri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic marine bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4358-4364.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudoponticoccus marisrubri (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoponticoccus marisrubri (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • ❗ Ponticoccus marisrubri 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 Ponticoccus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Ponticoccus Hwang and Cho 2008

Assigned by: Zhang G, Haroon MF, Zhang R, Dong X, Liu D, Xiong Q, Xun W, Dong X, Stingl U. Ponticoccus marisrubri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic marine bacterium of the family Rhodobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4358-4364.

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