Name: Constrictibacter Yamada et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Con.stric.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. perf. part. constrictus, compressed, contracted; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Constrictibacter, rod with compressed parts

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Constrictibacter-), kon-strik-ti-BAK-ter

Type species: Constrictibacter antarcticus Yamada et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamada K, Fukuda W, Kondo Y, Miyoshi Y, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Constrictibacter antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cryptoendolithic micro-organism from Antarctic white rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1973-1980. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Stellaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Yamada et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yamada K, Fukuda W, Kondo Y, Miyoshi Y, Atomi H, Imanaka T. Constrictibacter antarcticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cryptoendolithic micro-organism from Antarctic white rock. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1973-1980. 🇯🇵
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Constrictibacter antarcticus Yamada et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Allostellaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2025

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