Name: Corticibacterium Li et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cor.ti.ci.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc./fem. n. cortex, bark; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Corticibacterium, a rod from bark

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Corticibacteri-), kor-ti-ki-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Corticibacterium populi Li et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Guo LM, Chang JP, Xie SJ, Piao CG, Li X. Corticibacteriumpopuli gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Phyllobacteriaceae, isolated from bark of Populusxeuramericana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2617-2622. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3769-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Li et al. 2024 Li Y, Guo T, Sun L, Wang ET, Young JPW, Tian CF. Phylogenomic analyses and reclassification of the Mesorhizobium complex: proposal for 9 novel genera and reclassification of 15 species. BMC Genomics 2024; 25:419. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 41. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6561.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. 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. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: Li Y, Guo LM, Chang JP, Xie SJ, Piao CG, Li X. Corticibacteriumpopuli gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Phyllobacteriaceae, isolated from bark of Populusxeuramericana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2617-2622. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Tianweitania Han et al. 2016. Publication: Song JH, Park S, Lee JS, Kim W, Yoon JH. Tianweitania aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a coastal dune, reclassification of Corticibacterium populi as Tianweitania populi comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Tianweitania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6193. 🇰🇷
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CFCC: 2; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Corticibacterium aestuarii" (Song et al. 2023) Li et al. 2024	not validly published	synonym
    Corticibacterium populi Li et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328. 🇨🇦

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