Genus Conexibacter

Name: Conexibacter Monciardini et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.ne.xi.bac’ter. L. masc. perf. part. conexus, bound, tied; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Conexibacter, a rod that is bound

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Conexibacter-), ko-ne-xi-BAK-ter

Type species: Conexibacter woesei Monciardini et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Monciardini P, Cavaletti L, Schumann P, Rohde M, Donadio S. Conexibacter woesei gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of a deep evolutionary line of descent within the class Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:569-576. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:939-940.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Lee 2017 Lee SD. Conexibacter stalactiti sp. nov., isolated from stalactites in a lava cave and emended description of the genus Conexibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3214-3218. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Conexibacteraceae Stackebrandt 2005. Publication: Stackebrandt E. Will we ever understand? The undescribable diversity of the prokaryotes. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2004; 51:449-462. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🧕 Goodfellow et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the class Rubrobacteria Suzuki 2013. Publication: Suzuki K-i. Class V. Rubrobacteria class. nov. In: Goodfellow M, Kämpfer P, H.-J. B, Trujillo ME, K.-I. S, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 5 (The Actinobacteria), part B, Springer, New York, 2012, p. 2004-2005. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Coexibacter"; "Conexibactera".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NBRC: 2; JCM: 2; KCTC: 2; CGMCC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Conexibacter acidiphilus" Li et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Conexibacter arvalis Seki et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Conexibacter stalactiti Lee 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Conexibacter tetrathionatithophus" Li et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Conexibacter woesei Monciardini et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Conexibacteraceae Stackebrandt 2005

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E. Will we ever understand? The undescribable diversity of the prokaryotes. Acta Microbiol Immunol Hung 2004; 51:449-462. 🇩🇪

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