Genus "Betabacterium"

Name: "Betabacterium" Orla-Jensen 1919

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Be.ta.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Betabacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Betabacteri-), be-ta-bak-TE-ri-um

Original publication: Orla-Jensen S. The lactic acid bacteria. Høst, Copenhagen, 1919.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Notes:
- 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Corynebacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
- 🧕 Orla-Jensen (1921) assigned this genus to the order "Peritrichinales" Orla-Jensen 1921. Publication: Orla-Jensen S. The Main Lines of the Natural Bacterial System. J Bacteriol 1921; 6:263-273.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Befabacterium"; "Beiabacterium"; "Betabaclerium"; "Betabaoterium"; "Betalmcterium"; "Retabacterium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; NCTC: 2; NRRL: 1; NBIMCC: 1; CCUG: 1; CIP: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "BEBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Betabacterium breve" Orla-Jensen 1919	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

Parent taxon: Lactobacillaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zheng J, Wittouck S, Salvetti E, Franz CMAP, Harris HMB, Mattarelli P, O'Toole PW, Pot B, Vandamme P, Walter J, et al. A taxonomic note on the genus Lactobacillus: Description of 23 novel genera, emended description of the genus Lactobacillus Beijerinck 1901, and union of Lactobacillaceae and Leuconostocaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2782-2858. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 1745

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Genus "Betabacterium"