Rubrobacter

Rubrobacter
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Actinomycetota
Class: Rubrobacteria
Order: Rubrobacterales
Family: Rubrobacteraceae
Genus:
Suzuki et al. 1989[1][2]
Type species
Rubrobacter radiotolerans
(Yoshinaka, Yano & Yamaguchi 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989
Species[3]

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Rubrobacter is a genus of Actinomycetota.[4][1] It is radiotolerant and may rival Deinococcus radiodurans in this regard.[5][4]

  1. ^ a b 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.
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  4. ^ a b 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.