Rheinheimera

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 10
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rheinheimera, named after the German marine microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer, in recognition of his work on marine and estuarine bacteria.
Reference: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Rheinheimera baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a blue-coloured bacterium isolated from the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1851-1857.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Merchant et al. 2007.
Type species: ¤ Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rheinheimera, named after the German marine microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer, in recognition of his work on marine and estuarine bacteria.
Reference: MERCHANT (M.M.), WELSH (A.K.) and McLEAN (R.J.C.): Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2376-2380.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Chen et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rheinheimera, named after the German marine microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer, in recognition of his work on marine and estuarine bacteria.
References: List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion N° 13. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 6-7. [CHEN (W.M.), LIN (C.Y.), YOUNG (C.C.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Rheinheimera aquatica sp. nov., an antimicrobial activity producing bacterium isolated from freshwater culture pond. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 2010, 20, 1386-1392.]
List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion N° 13 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

---> Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Li et al. 2011.
Type species: ¤ Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Rheinheimera, named after the German marine microbiologist Gerhard Rheinheimer, in recognition of his work on marine and estuarine bacteria.
Reference: LI (H.J.), ZHANG (X.Y.), ZHANG (Y.J.), ZHOU (M.Y.), GAO (Z.M.), CHEN (X.L.), DANG (H.Y.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Rheinheimera nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediments, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Merchant et al. 2007. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1016-1022.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera aquatica Chen et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain GR5 = BCRC 80081 = LMG 25379.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ168584.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aquatica, living, growing, or found in water, aquatic.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 139. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1011-1013. [CHEN (W.M.), LIN (C.Y.), YOUNG (C.C.) and SHEU (S.Y.): Rheinheimera aquatica sp. nov., an antimicrobial activity-producing bacterium isolated from freshwater culture pond. J. Microbiol. Biotechnol., 2010, 20, 1386-1392.]
Validation List N° 139 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Rheinheimera aquimaris Yoon et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SW-353 = JCM 14331 = KCTC 12840.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF076757.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. gen. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. n. aquimaris, of the water of the sea.
Reference: YOON (J.H.), BAE (S.E.), KANG (S.J.) and OH (T.K.): Rheinheimera aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from seawater of the East Sea in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1386-1390.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The correct name of the second author of this paper is Soon Ei Bae, not Soon Ei Park as given on the paper by Yoon et al. 2007.
Reference: Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2725.
Erratum online

Rheinheimera baltica Brettar et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain OSBAC1 = DSM 14885 = LMG 21511.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ441080.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. baltica, pertaining to the Baltic Sea, referring to the source of the type strain.
Reference: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Rheinheimera baltica gen. nov., sp. nov., a blue-coloured bacterium isolated from the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1851-1857.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The specific epithet is a N.L. fem. adj., not a L. fem. adj. as cited in the paper by Brettar et al. 2002.

Rheinheimera chironomi Halpern et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain K19414 = DSM 18694 = LMG 23818.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ298025.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. chironomi, of Chironomus, named after the non-biting midge insect from the genus Chironomus (Diptera; Chironomidae) from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: HALPERN (M.), SENDEROVICH (Y.) and SNIR (S.): Rheinheimera chironomi sp. nov., isolated from a chironomid (Diptera; Chironomidae) egg mass. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1872-1875.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera nanhaiensis Li et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain E407-8 = CCTCC AB 209089 = KACC 14030.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ169968.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. nanhaiensis, of or pertaining to NanHai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: LI (H.J.), ZHANG (X.Y.), ZHANG (Y.J.), ZHOU (M.Y.), GAO (Z.M.), CHEN (X.L.), DANG (H.Y.) and ZHANG (Y.Z.): Rheinheimera nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediments, and emended description of the genus Rheinheimera Brettar et al. 2002 emend. Merchant et al. 2007. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1016-1022.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera pacifica Romanenko et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CCUG 46544 = IAM 15043 = JCM 12090 = KMM 1406 = NBRC 103167 = NRIC 0539.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB073132.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. pacifica, from the Pacific Ocean, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean sea-water sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Reference: ROMANENKO (L.A.), UCHINO (M.), FALSEN (E.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and UCHIMURA (T.): Rheinheimera pacifica sp. nov., a novel halotolerant bacterium isolated from deep sea water of the Pacific. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1973-1977.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera perlucida Brettar et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BA131 = CIP 109200 = LMG 23581.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM183347.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. perlucida, transparent, referring to the transparent and colourless colonies, to distinguish Rheinheimera perlucida from the type species Rheinheimera baltica, which forms blue-coloured colonies.
Reference: BRETTAR (I.), CHRISTEN (R.) and HÖFLE (M.G.): Rheinheimera perlucida sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the Gammaproteobacteria isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2177-2183.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera soli Ryu et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BD-d46 = DSM 19413 = KCTC 22077.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF575565.
Etymology: L. neut. gen. n. soli, of soil, the source of the type strain.
Reference: RYU (S.H.), CHUNG (B.S.), PARK (M.), LEE (S.S.), LEE (S.S.) and JEON (C.O.): Rheinheimera soli sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from soil in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2271-2274.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The epithet soli is a "L. neut. gen. n.", not a "L. fem. gen. n." as cited in the paper by Ryu et al. 2008.

Rheinheimera tangshanensis Zhang et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JA3-B52 = CGMCC 1.6362 = DSM 19460.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ874340.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. tangshanensis, pertaining to Tangshan, a city in Hebei Province, PR China, where the type strain was collected.
Reference: ZHANG (X.), SUN (L.), QIU (F.), McLEAN (R.J.C.), JIANG (R.) and SONG (W.): Rheinheimera tangshanensis sp. nov., a rice root-associated bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2420-2424.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rheinheimera texasensis Merchant et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain A62-14B = ATCC BAA-1235 = DSM 17496.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY701891.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. texasensis, pertaining to Texas, the location from which the organism was first isolated.
Reference: MERCHANT (M.M.), WELSH (A.K.) and McLEAN (R.J.C.): Rheinheimera texasensis sp. nov., a halointolerant freshwater oligotroph. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2376-2380.
Original article in IJSEM Online