Name: Pseudoruegeria marinistellae Zhang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri.ni.stel’lae. L. masc. adj. marinus, from the sea; L. fem. n. stella, star; N.L. gen. fem. n. marinistellae, of a sea star

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 42910; MCCC 1K01155; SF-16

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT944035 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang Y, Xu Y, Fang W, Wang X, Fang Z, Xiao Y. Pseudoruegeria marinistellae sp. nov., isolated from an unidentified starfish in Sanya, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:187-194.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tropicimonas marinistellae (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ❗ Pseudoruegeria marinistellae 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 Pseudoruegeria.
  • 😷 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 3 times 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: Pseudoruegeria Yoon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Xu Y, Fang W, Wang X, Fang Z, Xiao Y. Pseudoruegeria marinistellae sp. nov., isolated from an unidentified starfish in Sanya, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2017; 110:187-194.

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