Name: Rheinheimera coerulea Sheu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coe.ru’le.a. L. fem. adj. coerulea, dark blue, dark green, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rhe͡in-HE͡I-me-ra ko͡e-RU-le-a, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 81054; KCTC 52815; LMG 30056; TAPG2

16S rRNA gene: LT627667 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Chen WT, Young CC, Chen WM. Rheinheimera coerulea sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater creek, and emended description of genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2340-2347. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Chen WT, Young CC, Chen WM. Rheinheimera coerulea sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater creek, and emended description of genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2340-2347. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 797808

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