Name: Duffyella Soutar and Stavrinides 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Du.ffy.ell’a. N.L. fem. dim. n. Duffyella, named after Dr. Brion Duffy (1967-2021), a pioneer in Erwinia amylovora research

Gender: feminine (stem: Duffyell-)

Type species: Duffyella gerundensis (Rezzonico et al. 2016) Soutar and Stavrinides 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Soutar CD, Stavrinides J. Phylogenomic analysis of the Erwiniaceae supports reclassification of Kalamiella piersonii to Pantoea piersonii comb. nov. and Erwinia gerundensis to the new genus Duffyella gen. nov. as Duffyella gerundensis comb. nov. Mol Genet Genomics 2022; 297:213-225.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Erwinia Winslow et al. 1920 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rezzonico F, Smits THM, Born Y, Blom J, Frey JE, Goesmann A, Cleenwerck I, de Vos P, Bonaterra A, Duffy B, et al. Erwinia gerundensis sp. nov., a cosmopolitan epiphyte originally isolated from pome fruit trees. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1583-1592.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Duffyella gerundensis (Rezzonico et al. 2016) Soutar and Stavrinides 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Soutar CD, Stavrinides J. Phylogenomic analysis of the Erwiniaceae supports reclassification of Kalamiella piersonii to Pantoea piersonii comb. nov. and Erwinia gerundensis to the new genus Duffyella gen. nov. as Duffyella gerundensis comb. nov. Mol Genet Genomics 2022; 297:213-225.

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Record number: 36162