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Genus Arenibacterium
Name: Arenibacterium Baek et al. 2020
Etymology: A.re.ni.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. arena, sand; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Arenibacterium, a small rod isolated from sandy soil
Gender: neuter (stem: Arenibacteri-)
Type species: Arenibacterium halophilum Baek et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Baek J, Kim JH, Yoon JH, Lee JS, Sukhoom A, Kim W. Arenibacterium halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from a coastal sand dune. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6323-6330. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Baek et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Baek J, Kim JH, Yoon JH, Lee JS, Sukhoom A, Kim W. Arenibacterium halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from a coastal sand dune. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6323-6330.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jeong et al. (2022). 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: KCTC: 2; NBRC: 1; MCCC: 1.
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🧕 Baek et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Baek J, Kim JH, Yoon JH, Lee JS, Sukhoom A, Kim W. Arenibacterium halophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from a coastal sand dune. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6323-6330.
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 Arenibacterium arenosum Jeong et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Arenibacterium halophilum Baek et al. 2020 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: 14500
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