Name: Biformimicrobium Kawano et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bi.for.mi.mi.cro’bi.um. L. masc./fem. adj. biformis, two-shaped; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Biformimicrobium, a two-shaped microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Biformimicrobi-)

Type species: Biformimicrobium ophioploci Kawano et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kawano K, Awano T, Yoshinaga A, Sugiyama J, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Paralimibaculum aggregatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Biformimicrobium ophioploci gen. nov. sp. nov., two novel heterotrophs from brittle star Ophioplocus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6530.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05794 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Biformimicrobium ophioploci Kawano et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Microbulbiferaceae Spring et al. 2015

Assigned by: Kawano K, Awano T, Yoshinaga A, Sugiyama J, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Paralimibaculum aggregatum gen. nov. sp. nov. and Biformimicrobium ophioploci gen. nov. sp. nov., two novel heterotrophs from brittle star Ophioplocus japonicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6530.

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