Rubrobacter

Taxobox
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name = "Rubrobacter"
regnum = Bacteria
phylum = Actinobacteria
classis = Actinobacteria
subclassis = Rubrobacteridae
subclassis_authority = Rainey "et al." 1997
ordo = Rubrobacterales
familia = Rubrobacteraceae
genus = "Rubrobacter"
genus_authority = Suzuki "et al." 1989
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "R. radiotolerans" "R. taiwanensis" "R. xylanophilus"

"Rubrobacter" is a genus of Actinobacteria, given its own subclass (Rubrobacteridae). [cite journal | author = Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, and Ward-Rainey NL
title = [http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/47/2/479 Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov.]
journal = International Journal of Systematic Microbiology
year = 1997 | volume = 47 | pages = 479–491] It is radiotolerant and may rival "Deinococcus radiodurans" in this regard. [cite journal |author=Chen MY, Wu SH, Lin GH, "et al" |title=Rubrobacter taiwanensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, radiation-resistant species isolated from hot springs |journal=Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. |volume=54 |issue=Pt 5 |pages=1849–55 |year=2004 |pmid=15388754 |doi=10.1099/ijs.0.63109-0]

References

External links

*http://www.bacterio.cict.fr/qr/rubrobacter.html