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Genus Alteribacter

Name: Alteribacter Gupta et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.te.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. pron. alter, another, the other; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Alteribacter, another rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Alteribacter-), al-te-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Alteribacter aurantiacus (Borsodi et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Salisediminibacteriaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
    • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Borsodi AK, Marialigeti K, Szabo G, Palatinszky M, Pollak B, Keki Z, Kovacs AL, Schumann P, Toth EM. Bacillus aurantiacus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic and moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from Hungarian soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:845-851. 🇭🇺
    • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2022). 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 -0.02630 (N = 10).
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; ACCC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; CICC: 1; CCTCC: 1; NCAIM: 1; MCC: 1; CCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

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