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Rubrobacter

Rubrobacter is a genus of Actinomycetota. It is radiotolerant and may rival Deinococcus radiodurans in this regard.

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Rubrobacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Rubrobacteria
Order: Rubrobacterales
Rainey et al. 1997
Family: Rubrobacteraceae
Rainey et al. 1997
Genus: Rubrobacter
Suzuki et al. 198912
Type species
Rubrobacter radiotolerans
(Yoshinaka, Yano & Yamaguchi 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989
Species3

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Rubrobacter is a genus of Actinomycetota.41 It is radiotolerant and may rival Deinococcus radiodurans in this regard.54

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)2 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).3

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 10-RS22691011
Rubrobacter

R. taiwanensis Chen et al. 2004

R. xylanophilus Carreto et al. 1996

R. calidifluminis Albuquerque et al. 2014

R. naiadicus Albuquerque et al. 2014

R. spartanus Norman et al. 2017

R. marinus Chen et al. 2020

R. tropicus Chen et al. 2020

R. aplysinae Kämpfer et al. 2014

R. bracarensis Jurado et al. 2013

R. indicoceani Chen et al. 2018

R. radiotolerans (Yoshinaka, Yano & Yamaguchi 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989

Rubrobacter

R. taiwanensis

R. xylanophilus

R. calidifluminis

R. naiadicus

R. indicoceani

R. radiotolerans

R. tropicus

Incertae sedis:

  • "R. wessexii"
References

References

  1. Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K (1988). "Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: Description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov". FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 52 (1–2): 33–39. doi:10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02568.x.
  2. Rubrobacter in LPSN; Freese, H. M.; Meier-Kolthoff, J. P.; Sardà Carbasse, J.; Afolayan, A. O.; Göker, M. (29 October 2025). "TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity". Nucleic Acids Research. 53: D1–D12. doi:10.1093/nar/gkaf1110.
  3. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Rubrobacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  4. Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL (1997). "Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 47 (2): 479–491. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-479.
  5. Chen MY, Wu SH, Lin GH, et al. (2004). "Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs" (PDF). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 54 (Pt 5): 1849–55. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0. PMID 15388754.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 10-RS226". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  10. "bac120_r226.sp_label". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 1 May 2025.