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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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