Name: Tritonibacter mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruegeria mobilis Muramatsu et al. 2007

Etymology: mo’bi.lis. L. masc. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Pronunciation, gender: MO-bi-lis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 109181; MBIC 1146; NBRC 101030

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU977137 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Epibacterium mobile (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ruegeria mobilis Muramatsu et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius (Lee et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lai et al. (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007. Publication: Lai Q, Yuan J, Li F, Zheng T, Shao Z. Ruegeria pelagia is a later heterotypic synonym of Ruegeria mobilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1918-1920.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04338 (N = 79).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius (Lee et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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Record number: 11107