Name: Dermabacter Jones and Collins 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Der.ma.bac.ter. Gr. neut. n. derma, skin; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dermabacter, a rod living on skin [probably better: Dermatobacter]

Gender: masculine (stem: Dermabacter-)

Type species: Dermabacter hominis corrig. Jones and Collins 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jones D, Collins MD. Taxonomic studies on some human cutaneous coryneform bacteria: description of Dermabacter hominis gen. nov., sp. nov. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 1988; 51:51-56.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Dermabacterales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
  • Salam et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Dermabacterales Salam et al. 2020. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Dermahacter"; "Dermobacter".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 2; NCIMB: 2; CCUG: 2; ATCC: 2; CIP: 2; KCTC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "DMBT" 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.
  • On the Validation List no. 28, the type species is erroneously cited as Dermabacter hominus (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dermabacter hominis corrig. Jones and Collins 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Dermabacter hominus Jones and Collins 1989	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Dermabacter indicis" Lo et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Dermabacter jinjuensis Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Dermabacter porcinasus" Schlattmann et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Dermabacter vaginalis Chang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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