Name: Colwellia Deming et al. 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Col.well’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Colwellia, named in honor of the American microbiologist Professor Rita R. Colwell

Gender: feminine (stem: Colwelli-)

Type species: Colwellia psychrerythraea corrig. (ex D'Aoust and Kushner 1972) Deming et al. 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Deming JW, Somers LK, Straube WL, Swartz DG, MacDonald MT. Isolation of an obligately barophilic bacterium and description of a new genus, Colwellia gen. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1988; 10:152-160.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudocolwellia Liu et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cognaticolwellia Liu et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Liu et al. 2020 Liu A, Zhang YJ, Cheng P, Peng YJ, Blom J, Xue QJ. Whole genome analysis calls for a taxonomic rearrangement of the genus Colwellia. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:919-931. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 33. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:2-3.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 5 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004. Publication: Ivanova EP, Flavier S, Christen R. Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1773-1788.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001. 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.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Cohcellia"; "Cohvellia"; "Colbvellia"; "Colivelliu"; "Collwellia"; "Colweilia"; "Colwelliu"; "Colwetlia".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF VIBRIONACEAE: Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 20 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1992; 42:199-201.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Holmes B. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrionaceae. Minutes of the meetings, 18 and 20 September 1990, Osaka, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:199-201.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2020), Park et al. (2019). 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: KCTC: 7; JCM: 6; DSM: 6; ATCC: 5; CIP: 4; NBRC: 3; CGMCC: 3; LMG: 2; MCCC: 2; CICC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "COWL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.
  • In Validation List no. 26, the last author's name is erroneously cited as MacDONALD (M.T.). Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 26. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:328-329.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 22
Total number of child taxa: 25

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Colwellia aestuarii Jung et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia agarivorans Xu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia aquaemaris Liu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia arctica Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Colwellia aromaticivorans" Campeao et al. 2019	not validly published
    Colwellia asteriadis Choi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia beringensis Zhang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia chukchiensis Yu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia demingae Bowman et al. 1998	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Colwellia demingiae corrig. Bowman et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia echini Christiansen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia hadaliensis Deming et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia hornerae Bowman et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia marinimaniae Kusube et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia maris Yumoto et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia meonggei Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia mytili Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia piezophila Nogi et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia polaris Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia ponticola Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia psychrerythraea corrig. (ex D'Aoust and Kushner 1972) Deming et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia psychroerythrus (ex D'Aoust and Kushner 1972) Deming et al. 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Colwellia psychrotropica Bowman et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia rossensis Bowman et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Colwellia sediminilitoris Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Flavier S, Christen R. Phylogenetic relationships among marine Alteromonas-like proteobacteria: emended description of the family Alteromonadaceae and proposal of Pseudoalteromonadaceae fam. nov., Colwelliaceae fam. nov., Shewanellaceae fam. nov., Moritellaceae fam. nov., Ferrimonadaceae fam. nov., Idiomarinaceae fam. nov. and Psychromonadaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1773-1788.

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