Name: Ruegeria gelatinovorans corrig. (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Agrobacterium gelatinovorum (ex Ahrens 1968) Rüger and Höfle 1992

Etymology: ge.la.ti.no.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. gelatinum, gelatin; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. gelatinovorans, gelatin-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25655; CECT 4357; CIP 105976; DSM 5887; IAM 12617; IFO 15761; JCM 20688; LMG 129; NBRC 15761

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289591 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: Thalassobius gelatinovorus (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Arahal et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruegeria gelatinovora (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
    Thalassobius gelatinovorus (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Arahal et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Agrobacterium gelatinovorum (ex Ahrens 1968) Rüger and Höfle 1992	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Ruegeria gelatinovorans is the correct name 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 original spelling of the specific epithet, gelatinovora (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: 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.

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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