Name: Tateyamaria pelophila Sass et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.lo’phi.la. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. pelophila, mud-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 17270; LMG 23018; SAM 4

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ968651 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sass H, Kopke B, Rutters H, Feuerlein T, Droge S, Cypionka H, Engelen B. Tateyamaria pelophila sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Tateyamaria and of Tateyamaria omphalii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1770-1777.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2511-2512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Roseobacter pelophilus" Koepke 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Tateyamaria Kurahashi and Yokota 2008

Assigned by: Sass H, Kopke B, Rutters H, Feuerlein T, Droge S, Cypionka H, Engelen B. Tateyamaria pelophila sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic alphaproteobacterium isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and emended descriptions of the genus Tateyamaria and of Tateyamaria omphalii. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1770-1777.

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Record number: 780580