Name: Empedobacter (ex Prévot 1961) Vandamme et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Em.pe.do.bac.ter. Gr. masc./fem. adj. empedos, fixed, immovable; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Empedobacter, nonmotile rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Empedobacter-)

Type species: Empedobacter brevis (Holmes and Owen 1982 ex Lustig 1890) Vandamme et al. 1994

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Bernardet JF, Segers P, Kersters K, Holmes B. New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:827-831.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wautersiella Kämpfer et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2014 Zhang RG, Tan X, Liang Y, Meng TY, Liang HZ, Lv J. Description of Chishuiella changwenlii gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater, and transfer of Wautersiella falsenii to the genus Empedobacter as Empedobacter falsenii comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2723-2728. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Li et al. 2021 Li F, Zhao W, Hong Q, Shao Q, Song J, Yang S. Faecalibacter bovis sp. nov., isolated from cow faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5104. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5196.
    Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Bernardet et al. (1996) assigned this genus to the family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992. Publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.
  • 🧕 Bernardet et al. (2002) assigned this genus to the family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992. Publication: Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ. Flavobacterium breve sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:233-234.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Embedobacter"; "Empedabacter"; "Empedobacler"; "Empedobactm"; "Empedobaczer"; "Empedohacter"; "Empeedobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhang et al. (2014). 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: KCTC: 2; CIP: 2; NBRC: 1; NCTC: 1; CCUG: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "EMBT" 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Empedobacter brevis (Holmes and Owen 1982 ex Lustig 1890) Vandamme et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Empedobacter collagenolyticum" Montel and Labadie 1982	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Empedobacter falsenii (Kämpfer et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Empedobacter haloabium" Konishi et al. 1984	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Empedobacter sedimenti Ruan et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Empedobacter stercoris Schauss et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Empedobacter tilapiae Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Weeksellaceae García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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