Name: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Co.ma.mo.nas. L. fem. n. coma, the hair of the head, hair; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Comamonas, cell with a polar tuft of flagella [probably better: Comimonas]

Gender: feminine (stem: Comamonad-)

Type species: Comamonas terrigena (ex Hugh 1962) De Vos et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Vos P, Kersters K, Falsen E, Pot B, Gillis M, Segers P, De Ley J. Comamonas Davis and Park 1962, gen. nov., nom. rev. emend., and Comamonas terrigena Hugh 1962, sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:443-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Comamonas" Davis and Park 1962	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    "Comamonas" Miyamoto et al. 1961	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Tamaoka et al. 1987 Tamaoka J, Ha DM, Komagata K. Reclassification of Pseudomonas acidovorans den Dooren de Jong 1926 and Pseudomonas testosteroni Marcus and Talalay 1956 as Comamonas acidovorans comb. nov. and Comamonas testosteroni comb. nov., with an emended description of the genus Comamonas. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:52-59.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Willems et al. 1991 Willems A, Pot B, Falsen E, Vandamme P, Gillis M, Kersters K, De Ley J. Polyphasic taxonomic study of the emended genus Comamonas: relationship to Aquaspirillum aquaticum, E. Falsen group 10, and other clinical isolates. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:427-444.
    Notes:
    • This emendation was not found in the expected IJSEM notification list.
  • Zhang et al. 2013 Zhang J, Wang Y, Zhou S, Wu C, He J, Li F. Comamonas guangdongensis sp. nov., isolated from subterranean forest sediment, and emended description of the genus Comamonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:809-814. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • In the paper by Zhang et al. 2013, "Emended description of the genus Comamonas Tamaoka et al. 1987" should be read "Emended description of the genus Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985 emend. Tamaoka et al. 1987".

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991. Publication: Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis) 1969. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Chmomonas"; "Comamenas"; "Comamon"; "Commamonas"; "Commonas"; "Comomonas".
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Hugh R, Sakazaki R. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrios. Minutes of the closed meeting, 3 September 1974, Tokyo, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1975; 25:389-391.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sun et al. (2013), Park et al. (2021), Young et al. (2008). 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: DSM: 19; JCM: 16; CCUG: 12; LMG: 12; NBRC: 8; CIP: 7; ATCC: 6; KCTC: 6; IFO: 6; NRRL: 5.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CMMN" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 24
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 34

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Comamonas acidivorans" Willems et al. 1989	not validly published
    Comamonas acidovorans (den Dooren de Jong 1926) Tamaoka et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Comamonas antarctica" (Xu et al. 2021) Du et al. 2023	not validly published
    Comamonas aquatica (Hylemon et al. 1973) Wauters et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas aquatilis Kämpfer et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Comamonas avium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published
    Comamonas badia Tago and Yokota 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas composti Young et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas denitrificans Gumaelius et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Comamonas equi" Gilroy et al. 2022	not validly published
    "Comamonas faecalis" Kim and Lee 2014	not validly published
    "Comamonas flocculans" Kim et al. 2020	not validly published
    Comamonas fluminis Park et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas granuli Kim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas guangdongensis Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas humi Hatayama 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas jiangduensis Sun et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas kerstersii Wauters et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas koreensis Chang et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas nitrativorans Etchebehere et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas odontotermitis Chou et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Comamonas percolans" (Mudd and Warren 1923) Davis and Park 1962	not validly published
    Comamonas phosphati Xie et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas piscis Kang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas sediminis Subhash et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas serinivorans Zhu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas suwonensis Park et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas terrae Chitpirom et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Comamonas terrigena" (Günther 1894) Hugh 1962	not validly published
    Comamonas terrigena (ex Hugh 1962) De Vos et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas testosteroni (Marcus and Talalay 1956) Tamaoka et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas thiooxidans Narayan et al. 2011	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Comamonas thiooxydans corrig. Narayan et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Comamonas zonglianii Yu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis) 1969. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.

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