Name: Rhodopirellula rosea Roh et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ro’se.a. L. fem. adj. rosea, pink

Gender: feminine

Type strain: JCM 17759; KACC 15560; LHWP3

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF748734 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roh SW, Lee HW, Yim KJ, Shin NR, Lee J, Whon TW, Lim NL, Kim D, Bae JW. Rhodopirellula rosea sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from an ark clam Scapharca broughtonii. J Microbiol 2013; 51:301-304.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Novipirellula rosea (Roh et al. 2014) Kallscheuer et al. 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Novipirellula rosea (Roh et al. 2014) Kallscheuer et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Rhodopirellula rosea 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 Rhodopirellula.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodopirellula Schlesner et al. 2004

Assigned by: Roh SW, Lee HW, Yim KJ, Shin NR, Lee J, Whon TW, Lim NL, Kim D, Bae JW. Rhodopirellula rosea sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from an ark clam Scapharca broughtonii. J Microbiol 2013; 51:301-304.

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Record number: 791939