Ruegeria

Ruegeria
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Ruegeria

Uchino et al. 1999
Type species
Ruegeria atlantica (Rüger and Höfle 1992) Uchino et al. 1999
Species[1]
Synonyms
  • Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999

In taxonomy, Ruegeria is a genus of the Rhodobacteraceae.[1] This genus was formerly known as the marine Agrobacterium before they were reclassified in 1998. It bears in fact the name of Hans-Jürgen Rüger, a German microbiologist, for his contribution to the taxonomy of marine species of Agrobacterium.[2]

  1. ^ a b "LPSN entry for Ruegeria". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
  2. ^ Uchino Y, Hirata A, Yokota A, Sugiyama J (1998). "Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev". J Gen Appl Microbiol. 44 (3): 201–210. doi:10.2323/jgam.44.201. PMID 12501429.