Name: Edaphobacter Koch et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.da.pho.bac’ter. Gr. neut. n. edaphos, soil; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a short rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Edaphobacter, rod-shaped soil bacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Edaphobacter-), e-da-p^ho-BAK-ter

Type species: Edaphobacter modestus Koch et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Koch IH, Gich F, Dunfield PF, Overmann J. Edaphobacter modestus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Edaphobacter aggregans sp. nov., acidobacteria isolated from alpine and forest soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1114-1122. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1783-1784.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Xia et al. (2018), Belova et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; LMG: 2; GDMCC: 2; CGMCC: 2; ATCC: 2; KACC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1; CECT: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Edaphobacter acidisoli Xia et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobacter aggregans Koch et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Edaphobacter albus" Qiu and Cao 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Edaphobacter bradus Xia et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobacter dinghuensis Wang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobacter flagellatus Xia et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobacter lichenicola Belova et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Edaphobacter modestus Koch et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Edaphobacter paludis Huber et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012

Assigned by: Thrash JC, Coates JD. Family I. Acidobacteriaceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 728. 🇺🇸

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