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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Rufibacter radiotolerans

Name: Rufibacter radiotolerans Kim and Srinivasan 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ra.di.o.to’le.rans. L. v. radio, pertaining to radiation; from L. masc. n. radius, a beam, ray; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. radiotolerans, tolerating radiation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ra-di-o-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: DG31D; JCM 19446; KCTC 32454

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF303587 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim MK, Srinivasan S. Rufibacter radiotolerans sp. nov., a novel gamma-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from rice field. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:347-353. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kim MK, Srinivasan S. Rufibacter radiotolerans sp. nov., a novel gamma-radiation-resistant bacterium isolated from rice field. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:347-353. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 70286
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