Name: Coraliomargarita Yoon et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.ra.li.o.mar.ga.ri’ta. Gr. neut. n. koralion, coral; L. fem. n. margarita, a pearl; N.L. fem. n. Coraliomargarita, coral pearl, referring to a white-colony-forming, coccoid micro-organism isolated from seawater in a sample bottle of hard coral

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Coraliomargarit-), ko-ra-li-o-mar-ga-RI-ta

Type species: Coraliomargarita akajimensis Yoon et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon J, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Katsuta A, Sekiguchi H, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Coraliomargarita akajimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia' isolated from seawater in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:959-963.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Coraliomargaritaceae Min et al. 2023. Publication: Min L, Wang W, Oren A, Lai Q, Huang Z. Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1202141.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; JCM: 2; MCCC: 2; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; DSM: 1; IAM: 1; MBIC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Coraliomargarita akajimensis Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Coraliomargarita algicola Lee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Coraliomargarita parva Min et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Coraliomargarita sinensis Zhou et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Coraliomargaritaceae Min et al. 2023

Assigned by: Min L, Wang W, Oren A, Lai Q, Huang Z. Coraliomargarita parva sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment and genome-based analysis of the class Opitutae revealed five novel families: Coraliomargaritaceae fam. nov., Pelagicoccaceae fam. nov., Cerasicoccaeae fam. nov., Oceanipulchritudinaceae fam. nov., and Alterococcaeae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1202141.

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