Name: Ruegeria scottomollicae Vandecandelaere et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: scot.to.mol’li.cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. scottomollicae, of Scotto-Mollica, in honour of Dr Victoria Scotto-Mollica and Dr Alfonso Mollica, both of whom were pioneers in the field of microbe-induced corrosion of steels and the generation of electroactive seawater biofilms

Pronunciation, gender: skot-to-MOL-li-ka͡e, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 55858; DSM 25328; LMG 24367

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM905330 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Ruegeria scottomollicae sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2726-2733.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epibacterium scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ruegeria scottomollicae 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999

Assigned by: Vandecandelaere I, Nercessian O, Segaert E, Achouak W, Faimali M, Vandamme P. Ruegeria scottomollicae sp. nov., isolated from a marine electroactive biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2726-2733.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/ruegeria-scottomollicaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 787652