Name: Rhodoglobus vestalii Sheridan et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ves.ta’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. vestalii, of Vestal, in honour of J. Robie Vestal, who studied Antarctic micro-organisms

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-534; CIP 107482; DSM 21947; JCM 12695; LV3; NBRC 103084

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ459101 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheridan PP, Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Rhodoglobus vestalii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:985-994.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • An et al. 2010 An SY, Xiao T, Yokota A. Reclassification of Leifsonia aurea to the genus Rhodoglobus as Rhodoglobus aureus comb. nov., and emended description of Rhodoglobus vestalii Sheridan et al. 2003. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:53-55. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 12. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1482-1483.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodoglobus Sheridan et al. 2003. Publication: Sheridan PP, Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Rhodoglobus vestalii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:985-994.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Human classification RG: not given - Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodoglobus Sheridan et al. 2003

Assigned by: Sheridan PP, Loveland-Curtze J, Miteva VI, Brenchley JE. Rhodoglobus vestalii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel psychrophilic organism isolated from an Antarctic Dry Valley lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:985-994.

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