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Species Roseovarius albus

Classification: 

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Alphaproteobacteria Rhodobacterales Roseobacteraceae Roseovarius Roseovarius albus

Name: Roseovarius albus Lucena et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the whitish colour of colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ro-se-o-WA-ri-us AL-bus, masculine

Type strain: 4SM10; CECT 7450; KCTC 22653

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16S rRNA gene: HF546052 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR. Roseovarius albus sp. nov., a new Alphaproteobacterium isolated from the Mediterranean Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:671-678. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🧍 See also Arahal (2014). Publication: Arahal DR. Whole-Genome Analyses: Average Nucleotide Identity. In: Goodfellow M, Sutcliffe I, Chun J (eds), Methods in Microbiology, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2014, p. 103-122. 🇪🇸
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Roseovarius Labrenz et al. 1999

Assigned by: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR. Roseovarius albus sp. nov., a new Alphaproteobacterium isolated from the Mediterranean Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:671-678. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 791940

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