Name: Rheinheimera perlucida Brettar et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: per.lu’ci.da. L. fem. adj. perlucida, transparent, referring to the transparent and colourless colonies, to distinguish R. perlucida from the type species R. baltica, which forms blue-coloured colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … per-LU-ki-da, feminine

Type strain: BA131; CIP 109200; DSM 18276; LMG 23581

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM183347 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Rheinheimera perlucida sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2177-2183. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Arsukibacterium perlucidum (Brettar et al. 2006) Wang et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arsukibacterium perlucidum (Brettar et al. 2006) Wang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rheinheimera perlucida 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 Rheinheimera.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002

Assigned by: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Rheinheimera perlucida sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2177-2183. 🇩🇪

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