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Genus Actibacterium
Name: Actibacterium Lucena et al. 2012
Etymology: Ac.ti.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. acta, ae seaside, shore; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Actibacterium, a rod from the seaside
Gender: neuter (stem: Actibacteri-)
Type species: Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:799-800.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Confluentimicrobium Park et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Guo et al. 2017
Guo LL, Wu YH, Xu XW, Huang CJ, Xu YY, Cheng H, Wang CS, Wu M, Xu XW. Actibacterium pelagium sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium, and emended description of the genus Actibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5080-5086.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Guo et al. 2017
Guo LL, Wu YH, Xu XW, Huang CJ, Xu YY, Cheng H, Wang CS, Wu M, Xu XW. Actibacterium pelagium sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium, and emended description of the genus Actibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5080-5086.
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Notes:
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🧕 Lucena et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; CECT: 3; JCM: 2; DSM: 1; BCRC: 1; LMG: 1; CGMCC: 1; MCCC: 1.
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🧕 Lucena et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lucena T, Ruvira MA, Garay E, Macian MC, Arahal DR, Pujalte MJ. Actibacterium mucosum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium from Mediterranean seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2858-2864.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Actibacterium atlanticum Li et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Actibacterium lipolyticum (Park et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Actibacterium naphthalenivorans (Jeong et al. 2015) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Actibacterium pelagium Guo et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Actibacterium ureilyticum Lin et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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