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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rhodobacter ruber

Name: Rhodobacter ruber Chen et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red, referring to the red colour of colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: rho-do-BAK-ter RU-ber, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81189; CCP 1; LMG 31335

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16S rRNA gene: LT852521 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Chen WM, Chang TH, Yang CC, Sheu DS, Jheng LC, Sheu SY. Rhodobacter amnigenus sp. nov. and Rhodobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from freshwater habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5150. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5273.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Assigned by: Chen WM, Chang TH, Yang CC, Sheu DS, Jheng LC, Sheu SY. Rhodobacter amnigenus sp. nov. and Rhodobacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from freshwater habitats. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5150. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 25630

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