Name: Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Cellulomonas, cellulose monad

Gender: feminine

Type species: Cellulomonas flavigena (Kellerman and McBeth 1912) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Prauser H. Assignment of the genera Cellulomonas, Oerskovia, Promicromonospora, and Jonesia to Cellulomonadaceae fam. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:261-265.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Cellulomonadales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kellerman KF, McBeth IG. The fermentation of cellulose. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1912; 34:485-494.
  • E. Stackebrandt et al. 1982 [1] proposed (i) that Oerskovia turbata (Erikson 1954) Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) be transferred in the genus Cellulomonas as Cellulomonas turbata (Erikson 1954) Stackebrandt et al. 1983, comb. nov.; (ii) the union of the genera Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980) and Oerskovia Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980); (iii) an emendation of the genus Cellulomonas. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Seiler H, Schleifer KH. Union of the genera Cellulomonas Bergey et al. and Oerskovia Prauser et al. in a redefined genus Cellulomonas. Zentralbl. Bakteriol. Parasitenkd. Infektionskr. Hyg. Abt. Orig. C 1982; 3:401-409.
  • However, only the first proposal has been validly published [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 10. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:438-440.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 31
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 35
Total number of child taxa: 41

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Cellulomonas acidula" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Cellulomonas aerilata Lee et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas algicola Yamamura et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas aurantiaca Kim et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas biazotea (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas bogoriensis Jones et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas carbonis Shi et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas cartae Stackebrandt and Kandler 1980	validly published	synonym
    "Cellulomonas cartalyticum" Carta 1973	not validly published
    Cellulomonas cellasea (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas cellulans (Metcalfe and Brown 1957) Stackebrandt and Keddie 1988	validly published	synonym
    Cellulomonas chitinilytica Yoon et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas citrea Lee et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas composti Kang et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas denverensis Brown et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas endophytica Li et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas fermentans Bagnara et al. 1985	validly published	synonym
    Cellulomonas fimi (McBeth and Scales 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas flavigena (Kellerman and McBeth 1912) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas gelida (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    "Cellulomonas gilvus" Christopherson et al. 2013	not validly published
    Cellulomonas hominis Funke et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas humiferus (sic) (Gledhill and Casida 1969) Collins and Pascual 2000	misspelling	orthographic variant
    Cellulomonas humilata corrig. (Gledhill and Casida 1969) Collins and Pascual 2000	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas iranensis Elberson et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    "Cellulomonas macrotermitis" Sun et al. 2018	not validly published
    Cellulomonas marina Zhang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas massiliensis Lagier et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas oligotrophica Hatayama et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas pakistanensis Ahmed et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas persica Elberson et al. 2000	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas phragmiteti Rusznyák et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas rhizosphaerae Tian et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas shaoxiangyii Tian et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas soli Hatayama et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas telluris Shi et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas terrae An et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    "Cellulomonas timonensis" Ndongo et al. 2018	not validly published
    Cellulomonas turbata (Erikson 1954) Stackebrandt et al. 1983	validly published	synonym
    Cellulomonas uda (Kellerman et al. 1913) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name
    Cellulomonas xylanilytica Rivas et al. 2004	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Prauser H. Assignment of the genera Cellulomonas, Oerskovia, Promicromonospora, and Jonesia to Cellulomonadaceae fam. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1991; 14:261-265.

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