Name: Rivihabitans pingtungensis (Sheu et al. 2014) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Rivicola pingtungensis Sheu et al. 2014

Etymology: ping.tung.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. pingtungensis, pertaining to Pingtung, a town in Southern Taiwan

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80376; DSM 29661; KCTC 23712; LMG 26668; Npb-03

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN104394 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov. and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5901.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5996.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rivicola pingtungensis Sheu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rivihabitans Deshmukh and Oren 2023. Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov. and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5901.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rivihabitans Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Eoetvoesiella gen. nov., Paludihabitans gen. nov., Rivihabitans gen. nov. and Salella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Eoetvoesia, Paludicola, Rivicola and Sala, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5901.

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Record number: 38309