Genus Brevifollis

Name: Brevifollis Otsuka et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Bre.vi.fol’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short, small; L. masc. n. follis, a windball; N.L. masc. n. Brevifollis, a short ball, intended to mean a small ovoid cell

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Brevifoll-), bre-wi-FOL-lis

Type species: Brevifollis gellanilyticus Otsuka et al. 2013

Valid publication: Otsuka S, Suenaga T, Vu HT, Ueda H, Yokota A, Senoo K. Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3075-3078. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980. Publication: Dali H, Sbissi I, Hamra R, Bouzidi T, ElMay H, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Phylogenomic and genome-relatedness analyses resolve genus and family boundaries within the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7231. 🇹🇳
  • ❗ Brevifollis is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Brevifollis gellanilyticus Otsuka et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Otsuka S, Suenaga T, Vu HT, Ueda H, Yokota A, Senoo K. Brevifollis gellanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gellan-gum-degrading bacterium of the phylum Verrucomicrobia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3075-3078. 🇯🇵

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