Name: Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Ahrens and Rheinheimer 1967) Uchino et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Agrobacterium ferrugineum (ex Ahrens and Rheinheimer 1967) Rüger and Höfle 1992

Etymology: fer.ru.gi’ne.us. L. masc. adj. ferrugineus, of the color of iron-rust, dark-red

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25652; CIP 105952; DSM 5888; IAM 12616; IFO 15767; JCM 20687; NBRC 15767

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680963 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Uchino Y, Hamada T, Yokota A. Proposal of Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus gen nov, comb nov, for a non-photosynthetic marine bacterium, Agrobacterium ferrugineum, related to the genus Rhodobacter. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:309-319.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Agrobacterium ferrugineum (ex Ahrens and Rheinheimer 1967) Rüger and Höfle 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudorhodobacter Uchino et al. 2003. Publication: Uchino Y, Hamada T, Yokota A. Proposal of Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus gen nov, comb nov, for a non-photosynthetic marine bacterium, Agrobacterium ferrugineum, related to the genus Rhodobacter. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:309-319.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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: Pseudorhodobacter Uchino et al. 2003

Assigned by: Uchino Y, Hamada T, Yokota A. Proposal of Pseudorhodobacter ferrugineus gen nov, comb nov, for a non-photosynthetic marine bacterium, Agrobacterium ferrugineum, related to the genus Rhodobacter. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:309-319.

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