Genus Antarctobacter
Name: Antarctobacter Labrenz et al. 1998
Etymology: Ant.arc.to.bac’ter. N.L. fem. n. Antarctica, M.L. name of the South Pole continent; from Gr. prep. anti, against (on the other side); Gr. masc. adj. arktikos, northern; Gr. neut. n. baktron, a rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Antarctobacter, a rod-shaped bacterium from Antarctica
Gender: masculine (stem: Antarctobacter-)
Type species: Antarctobacter heliothermus Labrenz et al. 1998
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Labrenz M, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Braker G, Hirsch P. Antarctobacter heliothermus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding bacterium from hypersaline and heliothermal Ekho Lake. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1363-1372. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 161.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Antarctohacter"; "Antnrctobacter".
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; DSM: 1; CIP: 1; JCM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Antarctobacter heliothermus Labrenz et al. 1998 validly published under the ICNP correct name Antarctobacter jejuensis Kim et al. 2021 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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Record number: 515144
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