Name: Rubrimonas cliftonensis Suzuki et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: clif.ton.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. cliftonensis, pertaining to Lake Clifton, Australia, the source of the type strain

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 105913; DSM 15345; JCM 10189; NBRC 100047; OCh 317

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85834 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suzuki T, Muroga Y, Takahama M, Shiba T, Nishimura Y. Rubrimonas cliftonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:201-205.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:343-344.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rubrimonas Suzuki et al. 1999. Publication: Suzuki T, Muroga Y, Takahama M, Shiba T, Nishimura Y. Rubrimonas cliftonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:201-205.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rubrimonas Suzuki et al. 1999

Assigned by: Suzuki T, Muroga Y, Takahama M, Shiba T, Nishimura Y. Rubrimonas cliftonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from a saline lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:201-205.

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