Name: Ruegeria kandeliae Zhang et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kan.de’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kandeliae, of Kandelia, referring to a genus of mangrove plant

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 104293; J95; MCCC 1K03284

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16S rRNA gene: KY038376 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang L, Wang KL, Yin Q, Liang JY, Xu Y. Ruegeria kandeliae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a mangrove plant Kandelia candel. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2653-2658.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Albibacillus kandeliae (Zhang et al. 2018) Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Albibacillus kandeliae (Zhang et al. 2018) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • ❗ Ruegeria kandeliae 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🧍 According to Muramatsu et al. 2007, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggests that the genera Ruegeria and Silicibacter are closely related and should be integrated into one genus (i.e. Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999 which has priority over Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999). However, their differential phenotypic properties do not support this unification. Consequently the authors retain the two species of Silicibacter (Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999, and Silicibacter pomeroyi González et al. 2003) in their paper. Publication: Muramatsu Y, Uchino Y, Kasai H, Suzuki K, Nakagawa Y. Ruegeria mobilis sp. nov., a member of the Alphaproteobacteria isolated in Japan and Palau. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1304-1309.

Parent taxon: Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999

Assigned by: Zhang L, Wang KL, Yin Q, Liang JY, Xu Y. Ruegeria kandeliae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere soil of a mangrove plant Kandelia candel. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2653-2658.

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