Name: Tropicibacter mediterraneus Lucena et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.di.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. mediterraneus, pertaining to the Mediterranean Sea

Pronunciation, gender: me-di-ter-RA-ne-us, masculine

Type strain: CECT 7615; KCTC 23058; M17

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE860710 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR. Description of Tropicibacter mediterraneus sp. nov. and Tropicibacter litoreus sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:325-329.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ruegeria mediterranea (Lucena et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ruegeria mediterranea (Lucena et al. 2014) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Falsiruegeria mediterranea (Lucena et al. 2014) Liang et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tropicibacter mediterraneus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tropicibacter.
  • 😷 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: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Macian MC, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR. Description of Tropicibacter mediterraneus sp. nov. and Tropicibacter litoreus sp. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:325-329.

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Record number: 791437