Species Tropicimonas marinistellae

Name: Tropicimonas marinistellae (Zhang et al. 2017) Liang et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudoruegeria marinistellae Zhang et al. 2017

Etymology: ma.ri.ni.stel’lae. L. masc. adj. marinus, from the sea; L. fem. n. stella, star; N.L. gen. fem. n. marinistellae, of a sea star

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tro-pi-KI-mo-nas ma-ri-ni-STEL-la͡e, feminine

Type strain: KCTC 42910; MCCC 1K01155; SF-16

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT944035 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudoruegeria marinistellae Zhang et al. 2017	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: Tropicimonas Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

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