Name: Pedobacter Steyn et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.do.bac’ter. Gr. neut. n. pedon, the ground, earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Pedobacter, rod from soil

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pedobacter-), pe-do-BAK-ter

Type species: Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nubsella Asker et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paradesertivirga Li et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Vanparys et al. 2005 Vanparys B, Heylen K, Lebbe L, De Vos P. Pedobacter caeni sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a nitrifying inoculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1315-1318. 🇧🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Hwang et al. 2006 Hwang CY, Choi DH, Cho BC. Pedobacter roseus sp. nov., isolated from a hypertrophic pond, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1831-1836. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Gallego et al. 2006 Gallego V, Garcia MT, Ventosa A. Pedobacter aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from drinking water, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1853-1858. 🇪🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Zhou et al. 2012 Zhou Z, Jiang F, Wang S, Peng F, Dai J, Li W, Fang C. Pedobacter arcticus sp. nov., a facultative psychrophile isolated from Arctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Pedobacter, Pedobacter heparinus, Pedobacter daechungensis, Pedobacter terricola, Pedobacter glucosidilyticus and Pedobacter lentus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1963-1969. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Farfán et al. 2014 Farfan M, Montes MJ, Marques AM. Reclassification of Sphingobacterium antarcticum Shivaji et al. 1992 as Pedobacter antarcticus comb. nov. and Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:863-868. 🇪🇸 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Kook et al. 2014 Kook M, Park Y, Yi TH. Pedobacter jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a pine grove, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1789-1794. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Du et al. 2015 Du J, Singh H, Ngo HT, Won KH, Kim KY, Yi TH. Pedobacter daejeonensis sp. nov. and Pedobacter trunci sp. nov., isolated from an ancient tree trunk, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1241-1246. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Wei et al. 2018 Wei Y, Wang B, Zhang L, Zhang J, Chen S. Pedobacter yulinensis sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2523-2529. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Korn ED, Payza AN. The degradation of heparin by bacterial enzymes. I. Adaptation and lyophilized cells. J Biol Chem 1956; 223:853-858.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P. Description and taxonomic status of Cytophaga heparina (Payza and Korn) comb. nov. (Basionym: Flavobacterium heparinum Payza and Korn 1956). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:473-475.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983. Publication: Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Proposals of Sphingobacterium faecium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium piscium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium heparinum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium thalpophilum comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingobacterium and synonymy of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 38:465-482. 🇯🇵
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pedobacer"; "Pedobacterium"; "Pedobater"; "Peobacter".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Nicholson A, Hahnke R, Lau EF, Holmes B, Sutcliffe I. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of aerobic Bacteroidota. Minutes of the online meeting 25 April 2023. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6144. 🇦🇺
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754. 🇫🇷
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kwon et al. (2011), Trinh and Yi (2016), Svec et al. (2017), Park et al. (2024), Margesin and Zhang (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01757 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 48; KACC: 41; LMG: 33; JCM: 31; DSM: 29; NBRC: 26; CCTCC: 20; CIP: 14; CECT: 14; KEMB: 12.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 117
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 127
Total number of child taxa: 135

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pedobacter africanus Steyn et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter agri Roh et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter agrisoli Cui et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter albus Tuyet and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter alluvionis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter alpinus Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter anseongensis Jo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter antarcticus (Shivaji et al. 1992) Farfán et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter aquae Chau et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter aquatilis Gallego et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter aquicola Joung et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter arcticus Zhou et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ardleyensis Da et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter bambusae Won et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter bauzanensis Zhang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter borealis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter boryungensis Jung et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter caeni Vanparys et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter changchengzhani He et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter chinensis Zhou et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter chitinilyticus Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter composti Lee et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter cryoconitis Margesin et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter cryophilus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter cryotolerans Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter daechungensis An et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter daejeonensis Du et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter deserti Huang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter duraquae Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter edaphicus Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter endophyticus Peng et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter faecalis Park et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter fastidiosus Švec et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter flavus Tuyet and Kim 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter foliorum Qi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter frigidisoli Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter frigiditerrae Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter frigoris Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter gandavensis Qi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ghigonii Kangale et al. 2021	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Pedobacter ghigonis corrig. Kangale et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ginsengisoli Ten et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ginsengiterrae Hoang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ginsenosidimutans Yang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter glacialis Qiu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter glucosidilyticus Luo et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pedobacter hainanensis" Meng et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Pedobacter hartonius Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter helvus Hu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter hiemivivus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter himalayensis Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter huanghensis Qiu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter humi Trinh and Yi 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter humicola Dahal and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter immunditicola Jo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter indicus He et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter insulae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pedobacter jaeyakensis" Lee et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Pedobacter jamesrossensis Švec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter jejuensis Kook et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter jeongneungensis Jung and Park 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter koreensis Baik et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter kyonggii Chaudhary et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter kyungheensis Yang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter lentus Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter lignilitoris Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter lithocola Švec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter lotistagni Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter lusitanus Covas et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter luteus Oh et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter lycopersici Cho et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter mendelii Švec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter metabolipauper Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter miscanthi Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter mongoliensis Yuan et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter montanisoli You et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter mucosus Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter namyangjuensis Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter nanyangensis Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter nototheniae Kämpfer et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter nutrimenti Derichs et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter nyackensis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter oryzae Jeon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter paludis Zhang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pedobacter paludisoli" Lee et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Pedobacter panacis" Singh et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Pedobacter panaciterrae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter petrophilus Švec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter pituitosus Chun et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter planticolens Qi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter polaris Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter pollutisoli Mu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter polysacchareus Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter psychrodurus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter psychrophilus Švec et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter psychroterrae Dahal et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter psychrotolerans Manandhar et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter punctiformis Woo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pedobacter puniceum" Yang et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Pedobacter quisquiliarum Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter rhizosphaerae Kwon et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter rhodius Woo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter riviphilus Im et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter rivuli Kang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter roseus Hwang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ruber Margesin and Zhang 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter saltans Steyn et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter sandarakinus Yoon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter schmidteae Kangale et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter segetis Ten et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter seoulensis Ngo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter silvilitoris Park et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter soli Kwon et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter solisilvae Yang and Hong 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter soyangensis Joung et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter steynii Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter superstes Jo et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter suwonensis Kwon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter terrae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pedobacter terrestris" Lee et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Pedobacter terricola Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter tournemirensis Urios et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pedobacter trunci Du et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter ureilyticus Ngo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter vanadiisoli Wang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter westerhofensis Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter xinjiangensis Tang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter xixiisoli Zeng et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter yonginense Joung et al. 2026	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Pedobacter yonginensis corrig. Joung et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter yulinensis Wei et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter zeae Gao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedobacter zeaxanthinifaciens (Asker et al. 2008) Kim et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998

Assigned by: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177. 🇧🇪

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