Rubrobacter

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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| name = Rubrobacter

| taxon = Rubrobacter

| authority = Suzuki et al. 1989{{cite journal |vauthors=Suzuki K, Collins MD, Iijima E, Komagata K | title = Chemotaxonomic characterization of a radiotolerant bacterium Arthrobacter radiotolerans: Description of Rubrobacter radiotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. | journal = FEMS Microbiol. Lett. | year = 1988 | volume = 52 | issue = 1–2 | pages = 33–39| doi = 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02568.x }}

| type_species =Rubrobacter radiotolerans

| type_species_authority =(Yoshinaka, Yano & Yamaguchi 1973) Suzuki et al. 1989

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Rubrobacter is a genus of Actinomycetota. It is radiotolerant and may rival Deinococcus radiodurans in this regard.{{cite journal |vauthors=Chen MY, Wu SH, Lin GH, etal |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|url=http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//bitstream/246246/162096/1/10.pdf |doi-access=free }}{{cite journal |vauthors=Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL | title = Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. | journal = Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. | year = 1997 | volume = 47 | issue = 2 | pages = 479–491 | doi = 10.1099/00207713-47-2-479 | doi-access = free}}