Name: Roseivivax roseus Zhang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.us. L. masc. adj. roseus, rose-coloured, pink

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BH87090; DSM 23042; KCTC 22650

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ897782 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang YQ, Lee JC, Park DJ, Lu XX, Mou XZ, Kim CJ. Roseivivax roseus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from a solar saltern soil sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1743-1746.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tranquillimonas rosea (Zhang et al. 2014) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tranquillimonas rosea (Zhang et al. 2014) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Roseivivax roseus 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 2 times 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: Zhang YQ, Lee JC, Park DJ, Lu XX, Mou XZ, Kim CJ. Roseivivax roseus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from a solar saltern soil sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1743-1746.

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