Species Tritonibacter scottomollicae

Name: Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruegeria scottomollicae Vandecandelaere et al. 2008

Etymology: scot.to.mol’li.cae. N.L. gen. fem. n. scottomollicae, of Scotto-Mollica, in honor of Dr. Victoria Scotto-Mollica and Dr. Alfonso Mollica, both of whom were pioneers in the field of microbe-, induced corrosion of steels and the generation of electroactive seawater biofilms

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tri-to-ni-BAK-ter skot-to-MOL-li-ka͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 55858; DSM 25328; LMG 24367

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM905330 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruegeria scottomollicae Vandecandelaere et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epibacterium scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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: 11108