Name: Ruegeria algicola (Lafay et al. 1995) Uchino et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Roseobacter algicola Lafay et al. 1995

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, an inhabitant; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga dweller

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 51440; CIP 104267; DSM 10251; FF3; IAM 14591; IFO 16653; JCM 21266; NBRC 16653

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289592 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Uchino Y, Hirata A, Yokota A, Sugiyama J. Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: Proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. J Gen Appl Microbiol 1998; 44:201-210.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 68. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Marinovum algicola (Lafay et al. 1995) Martens et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinovum algicola (Lafay et al. 1995) Martens et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseobacter algicola Lafay et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ruegeria algicola is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ruegeria.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999

Assigned by: Uchino Y, Hirata A, Yokota A, Sugiyama J. Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: Proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. J Gen Appl Microbiol 1998; 44:201-210.

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