Name: Chelatococcus Auling et al. 1993

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Che.la.to.coc’cus. N.L. v. chelato, to form claw-like complexes with divalent cations, i.e. to chelate; from Gr. fem. n. chêlê, claw; N.L. masc. n. coccus, berry and, in bacteriology, a coccus; from Gr. masc. n. kokkos, grain; N.L. masc. n. Chelatococcus, chelating coccus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Chelatococc-), k^he-la-to-KOK-kus

Type species: Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Auling G, Busse HJ, Egli T, El-Banna T, Stackebrandt E. Description of the gram-negative, obligately aerobic, nitrilotriacetate (NTA)-utilizing bacteria as Chelatobacter heintzii, gen. nov., sp. nov., and Chelatococcus asaccharovorans, gen. nov., sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1993; 16:104-112.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 46. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:624-625.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yoon et al. 2008 Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Im WT, Lee ST, Oh TK. Chelatococcus daeguensis sp. nov., isolated from wastewater of a textile dye works, and emended description of the genus Chelatococcus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2224-2228. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Chelatococcaceae Dedysh et al. 2016. Publication: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Beijerinckiaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Beijerinckiaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family VI. Beijerinckiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 422.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Celatococcus"; "Chetaltococcus"; "Latococcus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; JCM: 3; KCTC: 3; CGMCC: 2; SYSU: 1; B: 1; LMG: 1; GDMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chelatococcus albus Lv et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus asaccharovorans Auling et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus caeni Jin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus composti Zhang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus daeguensis Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus reniformis Gu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chelatococcus sambhunathii Panday and Das 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Chelatococcus thermostellatus" Ibrahim et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Chelatococcaceae Dedysh et al. 2016

Assigned by: Dedysh SN, Haupt ES, Dunfield PF. Emended description of the family Beijerinckiaceae and transfer of the genera Chelatococcus and Camelimonas to the family Chelatococcaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3177-3182.

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