Name: Rheinheimera texasensis Merchant et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tex.as.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. texasensis, pertaining to Texas, the location from which the organism was first isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: A62-14B; ATCC BAA-1235; DSM 17496

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY701891 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Merchant MM, Welsh AK, McLean RJ. Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2376-2380.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pararheinheimera texasensis" (Merchant et al. 2007) Sisinthy et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002

Assigned by: Merchant MM, Welsh AK, McLean RJ. Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2376-2380.

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