Genus Erysipelothrix

Name: Erysipelothrix Rosenbach 1909 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. erusipelas -pelatos, erysipelas; Gr. fem. n. [θρίξ] thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Erysipelothrix, erysipelas thread

Gender: feminine

Type species: Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rosenbach FJ. Experimentelle, morphologische und klinische Studie über die krankheitserregenden Mikroorganismen der Schweinerotlaufs, der Erysipeloids und der Mäusesepsis. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Virologie 1909; 63:343-371.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- Nomenclatural type of the family Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004. Publication: Verbarg S, Rheims H, Emus S, Fruhling A, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Erysipelothrix inopinata sp. nov., isolated in the course of sterile filtration of vegetable peptone broth, and description of Erysipelotrichaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:221-225.
- Nomenclatural type of the order Erysipelotrichales Ludwig et al. 2010. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Order I. Erysipelotrichales ord. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 1298.
- Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Corynebacteriaceae Lehmann and Neumann 1907 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
- Winslow et al. (1920) assigned this genus to the family Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Winslow CE, Broadhurst J, Buchanan RE, Krumwiede C, Rogers LA, Smith GH. The Families and Genera of the Bacteria: Final Report of the Committee of the Society of American Bacteriologists on Characterization and Classification of Bacterial Types. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:191-229.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus [Bacterium]. Publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Erysipelotrix".

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
Erysipelothrix inopinata Verbarg et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Erysipelothrix larvae Bang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Erysipelothrix murisepticus" Rosenbach 1909	not validly published
Erysipelothrix piscisicarius Pomaranski et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Erysipelothrix porci" Rosenbach 1909	not validly published
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae (Migula 1900) Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP, conserved name	correct name
Erysipelothrix tonsillarum Takahashi et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004

Assigned by: Verbarg S, Rheims H, Emus S, Fruhling A, Kroppenstedt RM, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Erysipelothrix inopinata sp. nov., isolated in the course of sterile filtration of vegetable peptone broth, and description of Erysipelotrichaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:221-225.

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