Name: Pseudaquabacterium pictum (Hirose et al. 2020) Lu and Chen 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aquabacterium pictum Hirose et al. 2020

Etymology: pic’tum. L. neut. adj. pictum, coloured

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … PIK-tum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 106757; NBRC 111963; W35

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC094486 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rubrivivax pictus (Hirose et al. 2020) Liu et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rubrivivax pictus (Hirose et al. 2020) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aquabacterium pictum Hirose et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudaquabacterium Lu and Chen 2024. Publication: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Pseudaquabacterium pictum 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 Pseudaquabacterium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-16.

Parent taxon: Pseudaquabacterium Lu and Chen 2024

Assigned by: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/pseudaquabacterium-pictumCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 52583