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.
  • 🎓 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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