Name: Rhodovulum robiginosum Straub et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro.bi.gi.no’sum. L. neut. adj. robiginosum, rusty, indicating the formation of rusty ferric iron deposits

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700896; DSM 12329; N2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: Y15012 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Straub KL, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:729-735.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodovulum Hiraishi and Ueda 1994

Assigned by: Straub KL, Rainey FA, Widdel F. Rhodovulum iodosum sp. nov. and Rhodovulum robiginosum sp. nov., two new marine phototrophic ferrous-iron-oxidizing purple bacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:729-735.

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Record number: 780554