Name: Rufibacter tibetensis Abaydulla et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.be.ten’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tibetensis, pertaining to Tibet

Pronunciation, gender: ti-be-TEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 1351; CCTCC AB 208084; NRRL B-51285

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU543663 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Abaydulla G, Luo X, Shi J, Peng F, Liu M, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Rufibacter tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:725-731.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 156. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:693-696.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014. Publication: Abaydulla G, Luo X, Shi J, Peng F, Liu M, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Rufibacter tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:725-731.
  • 😷 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 11 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Rufibacter Abaydulla et al. 2014

Assigned by: Abaydulla G, Luo X, Shi J, Peng F, Liu M, Wang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Rufibacter tibetensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 101:725-731.

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