rubrobacter rubrobacter rubrobacter is a genus of actinomycetota. it is radiotolerant and may rival deinococcus radiodurans in this regard. rubrobacter scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: actinomycetota class: rubrobacteria order: rubrobacteralesrainey et al. 1997 family: rubrobacteraceaerainey et al. 1997 genus: rubrobactersuzuki et al. 1989 species r. aplysinae kämpfer et al. 2014 r. bracarensis jurado et al. 2013 r. calidifluminis albuquerque et al. 2014 r. indicoceani chen et al. 2018 r. marinus chen et al. 2020 r. naiadicus albuquerque et al. 2014 r. radiotolerans (yoshinaka et al. 1973) suzuki et al. 1989 r. spartanus norman et al. 2017 r. taiwanensis chen et al. 2004 r. tropicus chen et al. 2020 r. xylanophilus carreto et al. 1996 phylogeny the currently accepted taxonomy is based on the list of prokaryotic names with standing in nomenclature (lpsn) and national center for biotechnology information (ncbi) and the phylogeny is based on 16s rrna-based ltp release 111 by 'the all-species living tree' project r. bracarensis jurado et al. 2012 r. xylanophilus carreto et al. 1996 r. radiotolerans (yoshinaka et al. 1973) suzuki et al. 1989 (type sp.) r. taiwanensis chen et al. 2004