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Genus Amylibacter
Name: Amylibacter Teramoto and Nishijima 2014
Etymology: A.my.li.bac’ter. L. neut. n. amylum, starch; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Amylibacter, a rod growing well with starch
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Amylibacter-), a-my-li-BAK-ter
Type species: Amylibacter marinus Teramoto and Nishijima 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Teramoto M, Nishijima M. Amylibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4016-4020. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:739-740.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Paramylibacter Huang et al. 2024 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Teramoto and Nishijima (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Teramoto M, Nishijima M. Amylibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4016-4020.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amilybacter"; "Cionabacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; NBRC: 2; CGMCC: 1; LMG: 1; KMM: 1; JCM: 1; KACC: 1.
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🧕 Teramoto and Nishijima (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Teramoto M, Nishijima M. Amylibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4016-4020.
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: 5
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Amylibacter cionae Wang et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP correct name Amylibacter kogurei Wong et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Amylibacter lutimaris Feng et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name Amylibacter marinus Teramoto and Nishijima 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name Amylibacter ulvae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 518643
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