Name: Serratia marinorubra ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; N.L. fem. adj. marinorubra, intended to mean a marine red organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 27593; CCUG 10981; CCUG 9286; CIP 103234; DSM 4480; JCM 1240; LMG 5019; NBRC 103169; NCTC 12971

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16S rRNA gene: AB004751 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Serratia rubidaea (Stapp 1940) Ewing et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacterium rubidaeum" Stapp 1940	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Serratia rubidaea (Stapp 1940) Ewing et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • Serratia marinorubra is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Serratia.
  • However, according to Brenner [1] and according to Grimont and Grimont [2], the type strain of Serratia marinorubra is ATCC 27614 not ATCC 27593 as incorrectly shown on the Approved Lists because of an error by the Enterobacteriaceae Subcommittee. To avoid further confusion, the name Serratia rubidae (Stapp 1940) Ewing et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) should now be used to designate the same (Serratia rubidae-Serratia marinorubra) taxon [2]. Publication: Grimont PAD, Grimont F. Genus VIII. Serratia Bizio 1823, 288AL. In: Krieg NR, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 1, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1984, p. 477-484.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 2, note = "n".

Parent taxon: Serratia Bizio 1823 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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Record number: 780879