Name: Roseibacterium elongatum Suzuki et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.lon.ga’tum. L. neut. part. adj. elongatum, elongated, stretched out

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 107377; DSM 19469; JCM 11220; OCh 323

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16S rRNA gene: AB601471 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki T, Mori Y, Nishimura Y. Roseibacterium elongatum gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from the west coast of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:417-421.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Roseibacterium Suzuki et al. 2006. Publication: Suzuki T, Mori Y, Nishimura Y. Roseibacterium elongatum gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from the west coast of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:417-421.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced by Riedel et al. (2014). Publication: Riedel T, Fiebig A, Goker M, Klenk HP. Complete genome sequence of the bacteriochlorophyll a-containing Roseibacterium elongatum type strain (DSM 19469^T), a representative of the Roseobacter group isolated from Australian coast sand. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:840-854.

Parent taxon: Roseibacterium Suzuki et al. 2006

Assigned by: Suzuki T, Mori Y, Nishimura Y. Roseibacterium elongatum gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from the west coast of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:417-421.

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