Name: Rubellimicrobium thermophilum Denner et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phil.um. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friendly to, loving; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 51817; C-lvk-R2A-2; DSM 16684; HAMBI 2421

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ844281 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Denner EB, Kolari M, Hoornstra D, Tsitko I, Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Rubellimicrobium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a red-pigmented, moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from coloured slime deposits in paper machines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1355-1362.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rubellimicrobium Denner et al. 2006. Publication: Denner EB, Kolari M, Hoornstra D, Tsitko I, Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Rubellimicrobium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a red-pigmented, moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from coloured slime deposits in paper machines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1355-1362.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the DOE Joint Genome Institute Community Sequencing Programme. 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced by Fiebig et al. (2013). Publication: Fiebig A, Riedel T, Gronow S, Petersen J, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome sequence of the reddish-pigmented Rubellimicrobium thermophilum type strain (DSM 16684^T), a member of the Roseobacter clade. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 8:480-490.

Parent taxon: Rubellimicrobium Denner et al. 2006

Assigned by: Denner EB, Kolari M, Hoornstra D, Tsitko I, Kampfer P, Busse HJ, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Rubellimicrobium thermophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a red-pigmented, moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from coloured slime deposits in paper machines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1355-1362.

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