Name: Catabacter Lau et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ca.ta.bac’ter. Gr. prep. kata, abbreviation for catalase-positive, derived from Gr. kata, down; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Catabacter, catalase-positive rod [probably better: Catalasibacter]

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Catabacter-), ka-ta-BAK-ter

Type species: Catabacter hongkongensis Lau et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lau SK, Fan RY, Lo HW, Ng RH, Wong SS, Li IW, Wu AK, Ng KH, Tseung S, Lee RA, et al. High mortality associated with Catabacter hongkongensis bacteremia. J Clin Microbiol 2012; 50:2239-2243.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Catabacter" Lau et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this genus to the family "Catabacteriaceae" Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Catabacter" Lau et al. 2007. Publication: Lau SK, McNabb A, Woo GK, Hoang L, Fung AM, Chung LM, Woo PC, Yuen KY. Catabacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from blood cultures of patients from Hong Kong and Canada. J Clin Microbiol 2007; 45:395-401.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Christensenella Morotomi et al. 2012. Publication: Liu X, Sutter JL, de la Cuesta-Zuluaga J, Waters JL, Youngblut ND, Ley RE. Reclassification of Catabacter hongkongensis as Christensenella hongkongensis comb. nov. based on whole genome analysis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4774.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

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
    Catabacter hongkongensis Lau et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Christensenellaceae Morotomi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Morotomi M, Nagai F, Watanabe Y. Description of Christensenella minuta gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, which forms a distinct branch in the order Clostridiales, and proposal of Christensenellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:144-149.

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