Name: Cellulosimicrobium Schumann et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cel.lu.lo.si.mi.cro’bi.um. N.L. fem. n. cellulosa, cellulose [probably better: cellulosum or cellulosi]; Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Cellulosimicrobium, cellulose microbe

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Cellulosimicrobi-), kel-lu-lo-si-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: Cellulosimicrobium cellulans (Metcalfe and Brown 1957) Schumann et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Weiss N, Stackebrandt E. Reclassification of Cellulomonas cellulans (Stackebrandt and Keddie 1986) as Cellulosimicrobium cellulans gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1007-1010. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Brown et al. 2006 Brown JM, Steigerwalt AG, Morey RE, Daneshvar MI, Romero LJ, McNeil MM. Characterization of clinical isolates previously identified as Oerskovia turbata: proposal of Cellulosimicrobium funkei sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Cellulosimicrobium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:801-804. 🇺🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Yoon et al. 2007 Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Schumann P, Oh TK. Cellulosimicrobium terreum sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2493-2497. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Nocardia Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Metcalfe G, Brown ME. Nitrogen fixation by new species of Nocardia. J Gen Microbiol 1957; 17:567-572.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Chatelain R, Second L. Taxonomie numérique de quelques Brevibacterium. Annales de l'Institut Pasteur (Paris) 1966; 111:630-644.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Takayama K, Udagawa K, Abe S. Studies on the lytic enzyme produced by Brevibacterium. Part 1. Production of the lytic substance. Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1960; 34:652-656.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stackebrandt E, Kandler O. Cellulomonas cartae sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:186-188. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stackebrandt E, Keddie RM. Genus Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923, 154, emend. mut. char. Clark 1952, 50AL. In: Sneath PHA, Mair NS, Sharpe ME, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 2, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1986, p. 1325-1329. 🇩🇪
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cellulomonas Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Carta GR. Production of single cell protein material (U.S. Patent 3, 778, 349). Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office 1973; 778:349.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Oerskovia Prauser et al. 1970 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lechevalier MP. Description of a new species, Oerskovia xanthinolytica, and emendation of Oerskovia Prauser et al. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1972; 22:260-264.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Cellulolomicrobium"; "Cellulomonasmicrobium"; "Cellulosimicro"; "Cellusimicrobium".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04092 (N = 7).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; KCTC: 6; NBRC: 5; JCM: 4; ATCC: 4; CCUG: 2; LMG: 2; CFBP: 1; InaCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - 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.
  • 🧍 The Neo Latin noun Cellulosimicrobium is in the neuter gender not in the feminine gender as cited by Schumann et al. 2001 [all latin names which end in -um (nominative singular) are assigned neuter gender]. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cellulosimicrobium aquatile Sultanpuram et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cellulosimicrobium arenosum Oh et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium cellulans (Metcalfe and Brown 1957) Schumann et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium composti Hu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium fucosivorans Aviles and Kyndt 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cellulosimicrobium funkei Brown et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium marinum Hamada et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium protaetiae Le Han et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium terreum Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cellulosimicrobium variabile Bakalidou et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Promicromonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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