Name: Roseivivax pacificus Wu et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cus. L. masc. adj. pacificus, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 22DY03; CGMCC 1.12410; DSM 29329; JCM 18866

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC018453 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu YH, Meng FX, Xu L, Zhang XQ, Wang CS, Oren A, Wu M, Xu XW. Roseivivax pacificus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4574-4579.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Allosediminivita pacifica (Wu et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allosediminivita pacifica (Wu et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Roseivivax pacificus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Roseivivax.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Roseivivax Suzuki et al. 1999

Assigned by: Wu YH, Meng FX, Xu L, Zhang XQ, Wang CS, Oren A, Wu M, Xu XW. Roseivivax pacificus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4574-4579.

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