Genus Erythromonas
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Erythromonas Yurkov et al. 1997, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997.
Recommended three-letter abbreviation: Emn. (see the file ¤ "Three-letter code for abbreviations of generic names").
Etymology: Gr. adj. eruthros, red; Gr. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Erythromonas, red monad.
Valid publication: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), BUSS (O.), VERMEGLIO (A.), GORLENKO (V.) and BEATTY (J.T.): Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium: description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1172-1178.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990.
Note: Yabuuchi et al. 1999 propose to transfer ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 (the type species of the genus Erythromonas) to the genus ¤ Sphingomonas as ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola Yabuuchi et al. 1999, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Erythromonas to ¤ Sphingomonas.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Effective publication: YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), NAKA (T.), SUZUKI (S.) and YANO (I.): Proposal of Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen, Jochimsen and Brown 1990) comb. nov., Sphingomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) comb. nov., Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) comb. nov., and emendation of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol. Immunol., 1999, 43, 339-349.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Blastomonas Sly and Cahill 1997 emend. Hiraishi et al. 2000.
Note: Hiraishi et al. 2000 propose to transfer ¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 (the type species of the genus Erythromonas) to the genus ¤ Blastomonas as ¤ Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Erythromonas to ¤ Blastomonas.
Reference: HIRAISHI (A.), KURAISHI (H.) and KAWAHARA (K.): Emendation of the description of Blastomonas natatoria (Sly 1985) Sly and Cahill 1997 as an aerobic photosynthetic bacterium and reclassification of Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 as Blastomonas ursincola comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2000, 50, 1113-1118.
→ ¤ Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 emend. Yabuuchi et al. 2002.
Note: According to Yabuuchi et al. 2002 the type species of the genus Erythromonas (¤ Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997) is a later heterotypic synonym of ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Erythromonas to ¤ Sphingomonas.
Reference: YABUUCHI (E.), KOSAKO (Y.), FUJIWARA (N.), NAKA (T.), MATSUNAGA (I.), OGURA (H.) and KOBAYASHI (K.): Emendation of the genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990 and junior objective synonymy of the species of three genera, Sphingobium, Novosphingobium and Sphingopyxis, in conjunction with Blastomonas ursincola. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1485-1496.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KR-99 = EY 4250 = CIP 106843 = DSM 9006 = JCM 10397 = JCM 13370.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB024289.
Etymology: L. n. ursus, bear; L. n. incola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. ursincola, intended top mean neighbor or compatriot of bears.
Valid publication: YURKOV (V.), STACKEBRANDT (E.), BUSS (O.), VERMEGLIO (A.), GORLENKO (V.) and BEATTY (J.T.): Reorganization of the genus Erythromicrobium: description of "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" as Sandaracinobacter sibiricus gen. nov., sp. nov., and of "Erythromicrobium ursincola" as Erythromonas ursincola gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 1172-1178.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: Erythromonas ursincola Yurkov et al. 1997 was previously known as "Erythromicrobium ursincola" Yurkov et al. 1992.
→ ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola Yabuuchi et al. 1999, comb. nov.
→ ¤ Blastomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Hiraishi et al. 2000, comb. nov.
→ ¤ Sphingomonas ursincola (Yurkov et al. 1997) Yabuuchi et al. 1999.