Name: Aminobacter Urakami et al. 1992

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.mi.no.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. amina, amine; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Aminobacter, amine rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Aminobacter-), a-mi-no-BAK-ter

Type species: Aminobacter aminovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Urakami et al. 1992

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urakami T, Araki H, Oyanagi H, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Transfer of Pseudomonas aminovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) to Aminobacter gen. nov. as Aminobacter aminovorans comb. nov. and description of Aminobacter aganoensis sp. nov. and Aminobacter niigataensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:84-92. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Carbophilus Meyer et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Chelatobacter Auling et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Kämpfer et al. 2002 Kampfer P, Neef A, Salkinoja-Salonen MS, Buss HJ. Chelatobacter heintzii (Auling et al. 1993) is a later subjective synonym of Aminobacter aminovorans (Urakami et al. 1992). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:835-839. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chelatobacter Auling et al. 1993. Publication: Auling G, Busse HJ, Egli T, El-Banna T, Stackebrandt E. Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:104-112.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Den Dooren De Jong LE. Bijdrage tot de kennis van het Mineralisatieproces. Thesis. Technische Hogeschool, Delft, 1926.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acinobacter"; "Aininobacter"; "Aminobactev"; "Aminobaeter"; "Aminohacter"; "Amnobacter"; "Amonibacter"; "Amznobacter"; "Aniinobacter".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: de Lajudie P, Martinez-Romero E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Agrobacterium and Rhizobium Minutes of the meeting, 7 September 2014, Tenerife, Spain. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:516-520. 🇫🇷
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; ATCC: 6; CCUG: 4; CIP: 4; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; LMG: 2; NCTC: 1; CFBP: 1; NCCB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aminobacter aganoensis Urakami et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminobacter aminovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Urakami et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminobacter anthyllidis Maynaud et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aminobacter ciceronei McDonald et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aminobacter heintzii" (Auling et al. 1993) Volpiano et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aminobacter niigataensis Urakami et al. 1992	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328. 🇨🇦

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