Rubrivivax

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Rubrivivax

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Rubrivivax Willems et al. 1991, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rubrivivax gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Willems et al. 1991.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Rvi. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: L. adj. ruber -bra -brum, red; L. masc. adj. vivax, tenacious of life, long-lived, vivacious; N.L. masc. n. Rubrivivax, the red and long living (bacterium).
Reference: WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Transfer of Rhodocyclus gelatinosus to Rubrivivax gelatinosus gen. nov., comb. nov., and phylogenetic relationships with Leptothrix, Sphaerotilus natans, Pseudomonas saccharophila, and Alcaligenes latus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 65-73.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus Ramana et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA2 = ATCC BAA-35 = JCM 13220 = MTCC 7087.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ888903.
Etymology: N.L. n. benzoas -atis, benzoate; Gr. adj. lutikos, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos -ê -on), able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. benzoatilyticus, dissolving benzoate, named after its utilization of benzoate.
Reference: RAMANA (C.V.), SASIKALA (C.), ARUNASRI (K.), ANIL KUMAR (P.), SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), SHIVAJI (S.), GUPTA (P.), SÜLING (J.) and IMHOFF (J.F.): Rubrivivax benzoatilyticus sp. nov., an aromatic, hydrocarbon-degrading purple betaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2157-2164.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rubrivivax gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Willems et al. 1991, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain ATCC 17011 = CCUG 15841 = CCUG 21977 = CCUG 21990 = CIP 107072 = DSM 1709 = IFO (now NBRC) 16663 = JCM 21318 = LMG 4311 = NCIB (now NCIMB) 8290.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D16213.
Basonym: ¤ Rhodopseudomonas gelatinosa (Molisch 1907) van Niel 1944 (Approved Lists 1980).
Other synonyms: ¤ Rhodocyclus gelatinosus (Molisch 1907) Imhoff et al. 1984, "Rhodocystis gelatinosa" Molisch 1907.
Etymology: N.L. n. gelatinum (from L. part. adj. gelatus, frozen), gelatin; L. suff. -osus -a -um, suffix used with the sense of full of, prone to; N.L. masc. adj. gelatinosus, gelatinous.
Reference: WILLEMS (A.), GILLIS (M.) and DE LEY (J.): Transfer of Rhodocyclus gelatinosus to Rubrivivax gelatinosus gen. nov., comb. nov., and phylogenetic relationships with Leptothrix, Sphaerotilus natans, Pseudomonas saccharophila, and Alcaligenes latus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1991, 41, 65-73.
Original article in IJSEM Online