Name: Aquabacter Irgens et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qua.bac’ter. L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Aquabacter, aquatic rod [probably better: Aquibacter]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Aquabacter-), a-kwa-BAK-ter

Type species: Aquabacter spiritensis Irgens et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Irgens RL, Kersters K, Segers P, Gillis M, Staley JT. Aquabacter spiritensis, gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic, gas-vacuolate aquatic bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1991; 155:137-142.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 47. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:864-865.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; DSM: 1; MCC: 1; ATCC: 1; CCTCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

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: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquabacter cavernae Duo et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Aquabacter pokkalii" Sunithakumari et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    Aquabacter spiritensis Irgens et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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. 🇩🇪

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