Name: Chthonobacter Kim et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Chtho.no.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. chthôn, soil; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod (from Gr. bakterion); N.L. masc. n. Chthonobacter, a rod-shaped soil bacterium

Gender: masculine (stem: Chthonobacter-)

Type species: Chthonobacter albigriseus Kim et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim D, Kang K, Ahn TY. Chthonobacter albigriseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from grass-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:883-888.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kim et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Methylocystaceae Bowman 2006. Publication: Kim D, Kang K, Ahn TY. Chthonobacter albigriseus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from grass-field soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:883-888.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Chthonobacter albigriseus Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Chthonobacter rhizosphaerae Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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