Name: Rufibacter aurantiacus Li et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cus. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured, referring to the colour of the colonies on R2A agar

Pronunciation, gender: a͡u-ran-TI-a-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.8617; KCTC 82277; MCCC 1K04982; SYSU D00433

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT527580 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li S, Dong L, Lian WH, Lin ZL, Wei QC, Xiao M, Li WJ. Rufibacter roseolus sp. nov. and Rufibacter aurantiacus sp. nov., isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6093.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014

Assigned by: Li S, Dong L, Lian WH, Lin ZL, Wei QC, Xiao M, Li WJ. Rufibacter roseolus sp. nov. and Rufibacter aurantiacus sp. nov., isolated from desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6093.

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Record number: 40907