Name: Aquirufa Pitt et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.ru’fa. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. adj. rufus, red; N.L. fem. n. Aquirufa, a red (bacterium) isolated from water

Gender: feminine (stem: Aquiruf-)

Type species: Aquirufa antheringensis Pitt et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Hahn MW. Aquirufa antheringensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aquirufa nivalisilvae sp. nov., representing a new genus of widespread freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2739-2749.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allopseudarcicella Kim et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Lu et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Flectobacillaceae Lu et al. 2024. Publication: Lu H, Chen L, Huang L. Arcicella gelida sp. nov. and Arcicella lustrica sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the families Spirosomataceae and Cytophagaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6345.
  • 🧕 Pitt et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Pitt A, Schmidt J, Koll U, Hahn MW. Aquirufa antheringensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Aquirufa nivalisilvae sp. nov., representing a new genus of widespread freshwater bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2739-2749.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Pitt et al. (2024). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; CIP: 4; DSM: 3; KCTC: 1; BCRC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquirufa antheringensis Pitt et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa aurantiipilula Pitt et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa beregesia Pitt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa ecclesiirivi Pitt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa lenticrescens Pitt et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa nivalisilvae Pitt et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa regiilacus Pitt et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquirufa rosea Sheu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Hahn MW. Description of a new freshwater bacterium Aquirufa regiilacus sp. nov., classification of the genera Aquirufa, Arundinibacter, Sandaracinomonas, and Tellurirhabdus to the family Spirosomataceae, classification of the genus Chryseotalea to the family Fulvivirgaceae and Litoribacter to the family Cyclobacteriaceae, as well as classification of Litoribacter alkaliphilus as a later heterotypic synonym of Litoribacter ruber. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:79.

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