Name: Rubrivivax pictus (Hirose et al. 2020) Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Aquabacterium pictum Hirose et al. 2020

Etymology: pic’tus. L. masc. adj. pictus, coloured

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 106757; NBRC 111963; W35

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC094486 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aquabacterium pictum Hirose et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00661 (N = 21).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rubrivivax Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352.

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