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Name: Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013
Etymology: E.pi.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. prep. epi, on (also as adverb); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod or staff; N.L. neut. n. Epibacterium, rod on a surface
Gender: neuter (stem: Epibacteri-)
Type species: Epibacterium ulvae Penesyan et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Penesyan A, Breider S, Schumann P, Tindall BJ, Egan S, Brinkhoff T. Epibacterium ulvae gen. nov., sp. nov., epibiotic bacteria isolated from the surface of a marine alga. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1589-1596.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Epibacterium horizontis (Klotz et al. 2018) Liang et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Epibacterium mobile (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Epibacterium multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Epibacterium scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Wirth and Whitman 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Epibacterium ulvae Penesyan et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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Record number: 518347