Name: Rubritalea tangerina Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tan.ge.ri’na. N.L. fem. adj. tangerina, tangerine, referring to the reddish-orange colour of colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KCTC 12907; MBIC 8282; YM 27-005

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16S rRNA gene: AB297806 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Rubritalea spongiae sp. nov. and Rubritalea tangerina sp. nov., two carotenoid- and squalene-producing marine bacteria of the family Verrucomicrobiaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2337-2343.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The term "phylogenetic definition" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Rubritalea Scheuermayer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Matsuda S, Adachi K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Rubritalea spongiae sp. nov. and Rubritalea tangerina sp. nov., two carotenoid- and squalene-producing marine bacteria of the family Verrucomicrobiaceae within the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', isolated from marine animals. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2337-2343.

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Record number: 786832