Name: Rufibacter ruber Kýrová et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’ber. L. masc. adj. ruber, red, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: RU-ber, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8646; LMG 29438

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU603607 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kyrova K, Sedlacek I, Pantucek R, Kralova S, Holochova P, Maslanova I, Stankova E, Kleinhagauer T, Gelbicova T, Sobotka R, et al. Rufibacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from fragmentary rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4401-4405.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Rufibacter quisquiliarum Felföldi et al. 2016	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Zhou et al. (2020), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Rufibacter quisquiliarum Felföldi et al. 2016. Publication: Zhou J, Ma WW, Qu JH, Li HF, Yang BB, Qu LB, Wang LF. Rufibacter hautae sp. nov., a red-pigmented bacterium from freshwater lake sediment, and proposal of Rufibacter quisquiliarum as a latter heterotypic synonym of Rufibacter ruber. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5950-5957.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014

Assigned by: Kyrova K, Sedlacek I, Pantucek R, Kralova S, Holochova P, Maslanova I, Stankova E, Kleinhagauer T, Gelbicova T, Sobotka R, et al. Rufibacter ruber sp. nov., isolated from fragmentary rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4401-4405.

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