Name: Rubrivivax albus Sheu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the dull-white colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: AL-bus, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 81155; ICH-3; KCTC 62866; LMG 30930

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16S rRNA gene: MF801368 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Li ZH, Young CC, Chen WM. Rubrivivax albus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:805-813.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00992 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rubrivivax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Li ZH, Young CC, Chen WM. Rubrivivax albus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:805-813.

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Record number: 5820