Name: Terrimonas rubra Zhang et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ru’bra. L. fem. adj. rubra, red, describing the colour of the cells

Pronunciation, gender: RU-bra, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2010401; KCTC 23299; M-8

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16S rRNA gene: JF803808 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang J, Gu T, Zhou Y, He J, Zheng LQ, Li WJ, Huang X, Li SP. Terrimonas rubra sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil and emended description of the genus Terrimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2593-2597.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Terrimonas Xie and Yokota 2006

Assigned by: Zhang J, Gu T, Zhou Y, He J, Zheng LQ, Li WJ, Huang X, Li SP. Terrimonas rubra sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil and emended description of the genus Terrimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2593-2597.

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Record number: 790270