Name: Roseateles depolymerans Suyama et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.po.ly’me.rans. N.L. inf. v. depolymerare, to depolymerize; N.L. part. adj. depolymerans, depolymerizing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 61A; CCUG 52219; DSM 11813

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB003623 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suyama T, Shigematsu T, Takaichi S, Nodasaka Y, Fujikawa S, Hosoya H, Tokiwa Y, Kanagawa T, Hanada S. Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:449-457.

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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999. Publication: Suyama T, Shigematsu T, Takaichi S, Nodasaka Y, Fujikawa S, Hosoya H, Tokiwa Y, Kanagawa T, Hanada S. Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:449-457.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999

Assigned by: Suyama T, Shigematsu T, Takaichi S, Nodasaka Y, Fujikawa S, Hosoya H, Tokiwa Y, Kanagawa T, Hanada S. Roseateles depolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new bacteriochlorophyll a-containing obligate aerobe belonging to the beta-subclass of the Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:449-457.

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