Name: Rubrobacter bracarensis Jurado et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bra.car.en’sis. L. masc./fem. adj. bracarensis, of or belonging to Bracara Augusta, the roman name of Braga (Portugal), from where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CECT 7924; DSM 24908; JCM 31710; VF70612_S1

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FR852390 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jurado V, Miller AZ, Alias-Villegas C, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C. Rubrobacter bracarensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rubrobacter isolated from a biodeteriorated monument. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:306-309.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Albuquerque et al. 2014 Albuquerque L, Johnson MM, Schumann P, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Description of two new thermophilic species of the genus Rubrobacter, Rubrobacter calidifluminis sp. nov. and Rubrobacter naiadicus sp. nov., and emended description of the genus Rubrobacter and the species Rubrobacter bracarensis. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:235-243. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the strain DSM 24908 is cited as DSMZ 24908. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

Parent taxon: Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989

Assigned by: Jurado V, Miller AZ, Alias-Villegas C, Laiz L, Saiz-Jimenez C. Rubrobacter bracarensis sp. nov., a novel member of the genus Rubrobacter isolated from a biodeteriorated monument. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:306-309.

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