Name: Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. adj. eruthros, red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Erythrobacter, red rod

Gender: masculine

Type species: Erythrobacter longus Shiba and Simidu 1982

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shiba T, Simidu U. Erythrobacter longus gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacterium which contains bacteriochlorophyll a. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:211-217.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Subhash et al. 2013 Subhash Y, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Erythrobacter odishensis sp. nov. and Pontibacter odishensis sp. nov. isolated from dry soil of a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4524-4532. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Xu et al. 2020 Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 8 new species in the genus.
    • Emendation accompanied by the removal of 21 species from the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005. Publication: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.
  • Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 22
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 34
Total number of child taxa: 39

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Erythrobacter alti" Yoon 2017	not validly published
    Erythrobacter aquimaris Yoon et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter aquimixticola Park et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter arachoides Xing et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter atlanticus Zhuang et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    "Erythrobacter aureus" Tang et al. 2019	not validly published
    Erythrobacter citreus Denner et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter colymbi (Furuhata et al. 2013) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter cryptus (da Costa et al. 2003) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter donghaensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter flavus Yoon et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter gaetbuli Yoon et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter gangjinensis Lee et al. 2010	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter insulae Park et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter jejuensis Yoon et al. 2013	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter longus Shiba and Simidu 1982	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter luteus Lei et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter lutimaris Jung et al. 2014	validly published	synonym
    "Erythrobacter mangrovi" Ye et al. 2020	not validly published
    Erythrobacter marinus Jung et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter marisflavi Park et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    "Erythrobacter nanhaiensis" Chen et al. 2019	not validly published
    Erythrobacter nanhaisediminis Xu et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter neustonensis (Fuerst et al. 1993) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter odishensis Subhash et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter pelagi Wu et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter ramosus (Yurkov et al. 1994) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter sanguineus (Hiraishi et al. 2002) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter seohaensis Yoon et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter spongiae Zhuang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter suaedae Lee et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter tepidarius (Hanada et al. 1997) Xu et al. 2020	validly published	synonym
    Erythrobacter vulgaris Ivanova et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    "Erythrobacter westpacificensis" Wei et al. 2013	not validly published
    Erythrobacter xanthus Li et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Erythrobacter zhengii Fang et al. 2019	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.

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