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Genus Brevirhabdus
Name: Brevirhabdus Wu et al. 2015
Etymology: Bre.vi.rhab’dus. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; N.L. fem. n. Brevirhabdus, referring to a short rod-shaped bacterium
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Brevirhabd-), bre-wi-RHAB-dus
Type species: Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Xuhuaishuia Wang et al. 2016 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Liu et al. 2017
Liu Y, Lai Q, Xu XW, Wu YH, Cheng H, Zhang XH, Wang L, Shao Z. Reclassification of Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015 and emendation of the species description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3095-3098.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.
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Liu et al. 2017
Liu Y, Lai Q, Xu XW, Wu YH, Cheng H, Zhang XH, Wang L, Shao Z. Reclassification of Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans Wang et al. 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015 and emendation of the species description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3095-3098.
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Notes:
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🧕 Wu et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Xuhuaishuia Wang et al. 2016.
Publication:
Wang L, Liu Y, Shi X, Wang Y, Zheng Y, Dai X, Zhang XH. Xuhuaishuia manganoxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a manganese-oxidizing bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediments from the Pacific Polymetallic Nodule Province. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1521-1526.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Brevihabdus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1; MCCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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🧕 Wu et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Wu YH, Xu L, Zhou P, Wang CS, Oren A, Xu XW. Brevirhabdus pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment in a hydrothermal vent field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3645-3651.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Brevirhabdus pacifica Wu et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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