Name: Curtobacterium Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cur.to.bac.te.ri.um. L. masc. adj. curtus, shortened; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Curtobacterium, a short rod

Gender: neuter

Type species: Curtobacterium citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yamada K, Komagata K. Taxonomic studies on coryneform bacteria. V. Classification of coryneform bacteria. Journal of General and Applied Microbiology 1972; 18:417-431.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Komagata K, Iizuka H. New species of Brevibacterium isolated from rice. (Studies on the microorganisms of cereal grains, Part VII). Journal of the Agricultural Chemical Society of Japan 1964; 38:496-502.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Curbacterium"; "Curlobacterium"; "Curtobacierium"; "Curtobactcrium"; "Curtobacteriam"; "Curtobacteritem"; "Curtobactertum"; "Curtobacterum"; "Curtobncterium"; "Curtobzicterium".
  • This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Curtobacteria".
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05947 (N = 3).
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "CUBT" 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: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Curtobacterium albidum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium ammoniigenes Aizawa et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium citreum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens (Hedges 1922) Collins and Jones 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium ginsengisoli Kim et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Curtobacterium herbarum Behrendt et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium luteum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Curtobacterium oceanosedimentum" (Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009	not validly published
    Curtobacterium plantarum Dunleavy 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Curtobacterium psychrophilum" Inoue and Komagata 1976	not validly published
    Curtobacterium pusillum (Iizuka and Komagata 1965) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Curtobacterium saperdae (Lysenko 1959) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Curtobacterium testaceum (Komagata and Iizuka 1964) Yamada and Komagata 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Microbacteriaceae Park et al. 1995

Assigned by: Park YH, Suzuki K, Yim DG, Lee KC, Kim E, Yoon J, Kim S, Kho YH, Goodfellow M, Komagata K. Suprageneric classification of peptidoglycan group B actinomycetes by nucleotide sequencing of 5S ribosomal RNA. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:307-313.

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