Name: Ancylobacter Raj 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adj. ankulos, crooked, curved; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Ancylobacter, a curved rod

Type species: Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Raj HD. Proposal of Ancylobacter gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:397-398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Oerskov J. Beschreibung eines neuen Mikroben, Microcyclus aquaticus, mit eigentümlicher Morphologie. Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung I. 1928; 107:180-184.
  • Microcyclus Ørskov 1928 (Approved Lists 1980) is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microcyclus Saccardo 1904 [Rule 51b (4)].

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Ancylobacter abiegnus" Zaichikova et al. 2010	not validly published
    Ancylobacter aquaticus (Ørskov 1928) Raj 1983	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter defluvii Poroshina et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter dichloromethanicus Firsova et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter oerskovii Lang et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter polymorphus Xin et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter pratisalsi Suarez et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter rudongensis Xin et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter sonchi Agafonova et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Ancylobacter vacuolatus Xin et al. 2006	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.

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