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Genus Curvibacter
Name: Curvibacter Ding and Yokota 2004
Etymology: Cur.vi.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. curvus, curved or crooked; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Curvibacter, curved rod
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Curvibacter-), kur-wi-BAK-ter
Type species: Curvibacter gracilis Ding and Yokota 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ding L, Yokota A. Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2223-2230. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03743 (N = 7).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 7; CCUG: 5; IAM: 5; ATCC: 3; LMG: 3; KCTC: 2; CCTCC: 2; NBRC: 2; CFBP: 1; DSM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Curvibacter cyanobacteriorum Le et al. 2026 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter delicatus (Leifson 1962) Ding and Yokota 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter fontana Ding and Yokota 2010 inaccurate spelling misspelling Curvibacter fontanus corrig. Ding and Yokota 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter gracilis Ding and Yokota 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter lanceolatus (Leifson 1962) Ding and Yokota 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter microcysteis Le et al. 2026 validly published under the ICNP correct name Curvibacter soli Liu et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Ding L, Yokota A. Proposals of Curvibacter gracilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Herbaspirillum putei sp. nov. for bacterial strains isolated from well water and reclassification of [Pseudomonas] huttiensis, [Pseudomonas] lanceolata, [Aquaspirillum] delicatum and [Aquaspirillum] autotrophicum as Herbaspirillum huttiense comb. nov., Curvibacter lanceolatus comb. nov., Curvibacter delicatus comb. nov. and Herbaspirillum autotrophicum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2223-2230. 🇯🇵
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Record number: 515450
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