Name: Ruania alba (Tang et al. 2010) Schumann et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Haloactinobacterium album Tang et al. 2010

Etymology: al’ba. L. fem. adj. alba, White

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208069; DSM 21368; KCTC 19413; NBRC 109067; YIM 93306

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ969847 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Kalensee F, Cao J, Criscuolo A, Clermont D, Kohler JM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Neumann-Schaal M, Tindall BJ, Pukall R. Reclassification of Haloactinobacterium glacieicola as Occultella glacieicola gen. nov., comb. nov., of Haloactinobacterium album as Ruania alba comb. nov, with an emended description of the genus Ruania, recognition that the genus names Haloactinobacterium and Ruania are heterotypic synonyms and description of Occultella aeris sp. nov., a halotolerant isolate from surface soil sampled at an ancient copper smelter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4769.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Haloactinobacterium album Tang et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ruania Gu et al. 2007

Assigned by: Schumann P, Kalensee F, Cao J, Criscuolo A, Clermont D, Kohler JM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Neumann-Schaal M, Tindall BJ, Pukall R. Reclassification of Haloactinobacterium glacieicola as Occultella glacieicola gen. nov., comb. nov., of Haloactinobacterium album as Ruania alba comb. nov, with an emended description of the genus Ruania, recognition that the genus names Haloactinobacterium and Ruania are heterotypic synonyms and description of Occultella aeris sp. nov., a halotolerant isolate from surface soil sampled at an ancient copper smelter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4769.

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Record number: 19033