Name: Roseibium hamelinense Suzuki et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.me.li.nen’se. N.L. neut. adj. hamelinense, referring to Hamelin Pool, Australia, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: ha-me-li-NEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-252; CIP 107048; DSM 15090; DSM 15950; IFO 16783; JCM 10544; NBRC 16783; NCIMB 13788; OCh 368

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85836 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki T, Muroga Y, Takahama M, Nishimura Y. Roseigium denhamense gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseibium hemelinense sp. nov., aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacteria isolated from the east and west coasts of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2151-2156.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Aliiroseibium hamelinense" (Suzuki et al. 2000) Park et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Biebl et al. 2007 Biebl H, Pukall R, Lunsdorf H, Schulz S, Allgaier M, Tindall BJ, Wagner-Dobler I. Description of Labrenzia alexandrii gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium containing bacteriochlorophyll a, and a proposal for reclassification of Stappia aggregata as Labrenzia aggregata comb. nov., of Stappia marina as Labrenzia marina comb. nov. and of Stappia alba as Labrenzia alba comb. nov., and emended descriptions of the genera Pannonibacter, Stappia and Roseibium, and of the species Roseibium denhamense and Roseibium hamelinense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1095-1107. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.
  • 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08277 (N = 3).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Roseibium Suzuki et al. 2000

Assigned by: Suzuki T, Muroga Y, Takahama M, Nishimura Y. Roseigium denhamense gen. nov., sp. nov. and Roseibium hemelinense sp. nov., aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacteria isolated from the east and west coasts of Australia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2151-2156.

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