Name: Rubritalea squalenifaciens Kasai et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: squa.le.ni.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. squalenum, squalene; L. pres. part. faciens, producing; from L. v. facio, to produce; N.L. part. adj. squalenifaciens, squalene-producing

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18772; HOact23; MBIC 8254; NBRC 103619

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB277853 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kasai H, Katsuta A, Sekiguchi H, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Shindo K, Yoon J, Yokota A, Shizuri Y. Rubritalea squalenifaciens sp. nov., a squalene-producing marine bacterium belonging to subdivision 1 of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1630-1634.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Rubritalea Scheuermayer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kasai H, Katsuta A, Sekiguchi H, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Shindo K, Yoon J, Yokota A, Shizuri Y. Rubritalea squalenifaciens sp. nov., a squalene-producing marine bacterium belonging to subdivision 1 of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1630-1634.

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