Name: Cereibacter Suresh et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ce.re.i.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. cereus, waxen, wax-coloured; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Cereibacter, wax-coloured (brownish-yellow) rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Cereibacter-), ke-re-i-BAK-ter

Type species: Cereibacter changlensis (Anil Kumar et al. 2007) Suresh et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suresh G, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Reclassification of Gemmobacter changlensis to a new genus as Cereibacter changlensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:794-798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1701-1702.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Luteovulum Suresh et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.
  • Liu et al. 2023 Liu WL, Yang ZW, Guo DY, Deng QQ, Li JL, Wang PD, Chen SH, Liu L, Nie GX, Li WJ. Cereibacter flavus sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater of the South China Sea and reclassification of Rhodobacter alkalitolerans as Cereibacter alkalitolerans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6051. Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6158.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Suresh et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Suresh G, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Reclassification of Gemmobacter changlensis to a new genus as Cereibacter changlensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:794-798.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Catellibacterium Tanaka et al. 2004. Publication: Zheng JW, Chen YG, Zhang J, Ni YY, Li WJ, He J, Li SP. Description of Catellibacterium caeni sp. nov., reclassification of Rhodobacter changlensis Anil Kumar et al. 2007 as Catellibacterium changlense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Catellibacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1921-1926.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gemmobacter Rothe et al. 1988. Publication: Chen WM, Cho NT, Huang WC, Young CC, Sheu SY. Description of Gemmobacter fontiphilus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring, reclassification of Catellibacterium nectariphilum as Gemmobacter nectariphilus comb. nov., Catellibacterium changlense as Gemmobacter changlensis comb. nov., Catellibacterium aquatile as Gemmobacter aquaticus nom. nov., Catellibacterium caeni as Gemmobacter caeni comb. nov., Catellibacterium nanjingense as Gemmobacter nanjingensis comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Gemmobacter and of Gemmobacter aquatilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:470-478.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Gemmobacter Rothe et al. 1988. Publication: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Chen WM, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Young CC. Description of Gemmobacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from estuarine surface water and reclassification of Cereibacter changlensis as Gemmobacter changlensis Chen et al. 2013. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:1035-1042.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984. Publication: Anil Kumar P, Srinivas TN, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Rhodobacter changlensis sp. nov., a psychrotolerant, phototrophic alphaproteobacterium from the Himalayas of India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2568-2571.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ceribacter".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Imhoff JF, Wilmotte A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Phototrophic Bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 4 August 2015, Tubingen, Germany. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5211.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Girija et al. (2010), Suresh et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; DSM: 3; NBRC: 3; KCTC: 3; CCUG: 3; CIP: 2; IFO: 2; LMG: 2; SYSU: 1; MTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Cereibacter alkalitolerans (Gandham et al. 2019) Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cereibacter azotoformans (Hiraishi et al. 1997) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cereibacter changlensis (Anil Kumar et al. 2007) Suresh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cereibacter flavus Liu et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cereibacter johrii (Girija et al. 2010) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cereibacter ovatus (Srinivas et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Cereibacter sediminicola (Suresh et al. 2020) Ma et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Cereibacter sphaeroides (van Niel 1944) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.

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