Name: Rubrobacter radiotolerans (Yoshinaka et al. 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Arthrobacter radiotolerans Yoshinaka et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ra.di.o.to’le.rans. L. masc. n. radius, a beam or ray; L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. radiotolerans, (γ-ray) radiation-tolerating

Pronunciation, gender: ra-di-o-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51242; CIP 106991; DSM 46359; DSM 5868; IAM 12072; IFO 14777; JCM 2153; NBRC 14777; VKM Ac-1989

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16S rRNA gene: X98372 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K. Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 52:33-40.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Arthrobacter radiotolerans Yoshinaka et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989. Publication: Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K. Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 52:3340.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989

Assigned by: Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K. Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 52:33-40.

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