Name: Desertibacter Liu et al. 2011

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: De.ser.ti.bac’ter L. neut. n. desertum, desert; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Desertibacter, a desert bacterium

Gender: masculine

Type species: Desertibacter roseus Liu et al. 2011

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu M, Dai J, Liu Y, Cai F, Wang Y, Rahman E, Fang C. Desertibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae, isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1109-1113.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Jiang et al. 2014 Jiang F, Xue X, Qiu X, Zhang K, Chang X, Da X, Tang Y, Fang C, Guo Y, Peng F. Desertibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Euphrates poplar forest, and emended description of the genus Desertibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3690-3694. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Liu et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Liu M, Dai J, Liu Y, Cai F, Wang Y, Rahman E, Fang C. Desertibacter roseus gen. nov., sp. nov., a gamma radiation-resistant bacterium in the family Rhodospirillaceae, isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1109-1113.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Desertibacter roseus Liu et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Desertibacter xinjiangensis Jiang et al. 2014	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: 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.

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