Name: Roseobacter gallaeciensis Ruiz-Ponte et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gal.lae.ci.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. gallaeciensis, pertaining to Gallaecia the roman name for Galicia, the north-west region of Spain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700781; BS107; CIP 105210; DSM 26640; IFO 16654; JCM 21319; NBRC 16654

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16S rRNA gene: Y13244 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ruiz-Ponte C, Cilia V, Lambert C, Nicolas JL. Roseobacter gallaeciensis sp. nov., a new marine bacterium isolated from rearings and collectors of the scallop Pecten maximus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:537-542.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Phaeobacter gallaeciensis (Ruiz-Ponte et al. 1998) Martens et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Phaeobacter gallaeciensis (Ruiz-Ponte et al. 1998) Martens et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Roseobacter gallaeciensis 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 Roseobacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Roseobacter Shiba 1991

Assigned by: Ruiz-Ponte C, Cilia V, Lambert C, Nicolas JL. Roseobacter gallaeciensis sp. nov., a new marine bacterium isolated from rearings and collectors of the scallop Pecten maximus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:537-542.

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Record number: 780578