Name: Rubrobacter xylanophilus Carreto et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.no.phi.lus. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. xylanophilus, xylan-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 105412; DSM 9941; IFO 16129; JCM 11954; NBRC 100952; NBRC 16129; PRD-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X87135 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carreto L, Moore E, Nobre MF, Wait R, Riley PW, Sharp RJ, Da Costa MS. Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species isolated from a thermally polluted effluent. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:460-465.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rubrobacter Suzuki et al. 1989

Assigned by: Carreto L, Moore E, Nobre MF, Wait R, Riley PW, Sharp RJ, Da Costa MS. Rubrobacter xylanophilus sp. nov., a new thermophilic species isolated from a thermally polluted effluent. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:460-465.

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Record number: 780605