Name: Dermatophilus (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. neut. n. derma -atos, skin; N.L. masc. adj. philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. n. Dermatophilus, skin loving

Gender: masculine

Type species: Dermatophilus congolensis (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Gordon MA. THE GENUS DERMATOPHILUS. J Bacteriol 1964; 88:509-522.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Dermatophilus" Van Saceghem 1915	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Emendations:
  • Hamada et al. 2010 Hamada M, Iino T, Iwami T, Harayama S, Tamura T, Suzuki K. Mobilicoccus pelagius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Piscicoccus intestinalis gen. nov., sp. nov., two new members of the family Dermatophilaceae, and reclassification of Dermatophilus chelonae (Masters et al. 1995) as Austwickia chelonae gen. nov., comb. nov. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2010; 56:427-436. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 14. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1504-1505.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
    • In the paper by Hamada et al. 2010, the name Dermatophilus (van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 is erroneously cited as Dermatophilus Gordon 1964.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Austwick PKC. Cutaneous Streptothricosis, Mycotic Dermatitis and Strawberry Foot Rot and the Genus Dermatophilus Van Saceghem. Veterinary Reviews & Annotations 1958; 4:33-48.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Dermatophilales 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.
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Multilocular" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Dematophilus"; "Dermatophylus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Dermatophilus chelonae Masters et al. 1995	validly published	synonym
    "Dermatophilus congolensis" Van Saceghem 1915	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Dermatophilus congolensis (Van Saceghem 1915) Gordon 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

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