Species "Roseobacter cerffii"

Name: "Roseobacter cerffii" Petersen et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: cerff’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cerffii, of Cerff, this bacterial species is named after the German botanist Rüdiger Cerff (*1940, †2020), in recognition of his contributions to evolutionary biology, endosymbiosis research, and his scientific career, dedicated to the glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH)

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: A03A-229; CECT 31310; DSM 112523

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16S rRNA gene: CM135757 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Petersen J, Ringel V, Pauker O, Fruhling A, Rohde M, Jarek M, Sproer C, Bunk B, Huber-Fischer K, Pradella S, et al. Think pink 2.0 - Description of Roseobacter cerffii sp. nov., isolated from the chromerid alga Vitrella brassicaformis, and reclassification of Sulfitobacter sabulilitoris as Billmartinia sabulilitoris, gen. nov., comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126731. 🇩🇪

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Roseobacter Shiba 1991

Assigned by: Petersen J, Ringel V, Pauker O, Fruhling A, Rohde M, Jarek M, Sproer C, Bunk B, Huber-Fischer K, Pradella S, et al. Think pink 2.0 - Description of Roseobacter cerffii sp. nov., isolated from the chromerid alga Vitrella brassicaformis, and reclassification of Sulfitobacter sabulilitoris as Billmartinia sabulilitoris, gen. nov., comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2026; 49:126731. 🇩🇪

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