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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Sulfitobacter rhodophyticola

Name: Sulfitobacter rhodophyticola Choi et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: rho.do.phy.ti’co.la. N.L. neut. pl. n. Rhodophyta, the division of the red algae; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. rhodophyticola, inhabitant of Rhodophyta

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … rho-do-phy-TI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: JB4-11; JCM 36646; KACC 23867

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP166251 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Choi SH, Baek W, Kim JM, Choi BJ, Bayburt H, Lee JK, Lee SC, Jeon CO. Roseobacter algicola sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter rhodophyticola sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Red Algae. Current Microbiology 2025; 82:0. 🇰🇷

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: Sulfitobacter Sorokin 1996

Assigned by: Choi SH, Baek W, Kim JM, Choi BJ, Bayburt H, Lee JK, Lee SC, Jeon CO. Roseobacter algicola sp. nov. and Sulfitobacter rhodophyticola sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Red Algae. Current Microbiology 2025; 82:0. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 70354
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