Name: Rubripirellula reticaptiva Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.ti.cap.ti’va. L. neut. n. rete, a fishing net; L. fem. adj. captiva, captive; N.L. fem. adj. reticaptiva, corresponding to the capture of the cells in water

Pronunciation, gender: re-ti-kap-TI-wa, feminine

Type strain: DSM 103767; LMG 29696; Poly59

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16S rRNA gene: MK554553 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kallscheuer N, Jogler M, Wiegand S, Peeters SH, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Three novel Rubripirellula species isolated from plastic particles submerged in the Baltic Sea and the estuary of the river Warnow in northern Germany. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1767-1778.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03666 (N = 10).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rubripirellula Bondoso et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kallscheuer N, Jogler M, Wiegand S, Peeters SH, Heuer A, Boedeker C, Jetten MSM, Rohde M, Jogler C. Three novel Rubripirellula species isolated from plastic particles submerged in the Baltic Sea and the estuary of the river Warnow in northern Germany. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1767-1778.

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Record number: 18966