Name: Rhodopirellula rubra Bondoso et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’bra. L. fem. adj. rubra, red, the colour of cell colonies of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8075; DSM 25459; LF2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ845500 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Harder J, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:157-164.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aporhodopirellula rubra (Bondoso et al. 2014) Sreya et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the type strain is erroneously cited as DSM 25,459. The correct collection number of the type strain is DSM 25459. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Assigned by: Bondoso J, Albuquerque L, Lobo-da-Cunha A, da Costa MS, Harder J, Lage OM. Rhodopirellula lusitana sp. nov. and Rhodopirellula rubra sp. nov., isolated from the surface of macroalgae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:157-164.

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Record number: 792092