Name: Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.ry.thro.bac.ter. Gr. masc. adj. erythros, red; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Erythrobacter, red rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Erythrobacter-)

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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.
    • 😢 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.
  • 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.
    Notes:
    • ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 21 species from the genus.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 7 new species in 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.
  • 🧕 Kosako et al. (2000) assigned this genus to the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Kosako Y, Yabuuchi E, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K. Proposal of Sphingomonadaceae fam. nov., consisting of Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990, Erythrobacter Shiba and Shimidu 1982, Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993, Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, and Sandaracinobacter Yurkov et al. 1997, with the type genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Microbiol Immunol 2000; 44:563-575.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eiyhrobacter"; "Eiythrobacter"; "Elythrobacter"; "Elytizrobacter"; "Erthrobacter"; "Ervthrobacter"; "Eryhthrobacter"; "Erylhrobacter"; "Eryrthrobacter"; "Erythobacter"; "Erythrobacler"; "Eythrobacter"; "Frythrobacter"; "Zrythrobacter".
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trüper HG, Imhoff JF. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology - Subcommittee on the taxonomy of phototrophic bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Trueper HG, Imhoff JF. ICSB, SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE TAXONOMY OF THE PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIA: Minutes of the meetings, 10 September 1997, Vienna, Austria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:925-926.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee and Kim (2020), Yoon et al. (2022), Xu et al. (2020), Yoon et al. (2006), Park et al. (2020). 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: 20; JCM: 19; DSM: 18; NBRC: 10; CIP: 7; MCCC: 6; CGMCC: 5; ATCC: 5; KCCM: 4; NRRL: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ERBT" 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: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 40
Total number of child taxa: 47

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Erythrobacter alti Yoon 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter ani Pira et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter aquimaris Yoon et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter aquimixticola Park et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter arachoides Xing et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter atlanticus Zhuang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter aurantius Zhang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Erythrobacter aureus" Tang et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Erythrobacter citreus Denner et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter colymbi (Furuhata et al. 2013) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter crassostreae Pira et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter cryptus (da Costa et al. 2003) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter dokdonensis (Yoon et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter donghaensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter flavus Yoon et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter fulvus Park et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter gaetbuli Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter gangjinensis Lee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter insulae Park et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter jejuensis Yoon et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter litoralis Yurkov et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter longus Shiba and Simidu 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter luteolus Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter luteus Lei et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter lutimaris Jung et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythrobacter mangrovi" Ye et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Erythrobacter marinus Jung et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter marisflavi Park et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythrobacter nanhaiensis" Chen et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Erythrobacter nanhaisediminis Xu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter neustonensis (Fuerst et al. 1993) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter odishensis Subhash et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter oryzae Lee et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Erythrobacter pelagi" Lai 2012	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Erythrobacter pelagi Wu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter ramosus (Yurkov et al. 1994) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter rubeus Yoon et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter sanguineus (Hiraishi et al. 2002 ex Ahrens and Rheinheimer 1967) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Erythrobacter seohaensis Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythrobacter sibiricus" Yurkov and Gorlenko 1990	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Erythrobacter spongiae Zhuang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter suaedae Lee et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythrobacter tepidarius" (Hanada et al. 1997) Xu et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    Erythrobacter vulgaris Ivanova et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythrobacter westpacificensis" Wei et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Erythrobacter xanthus Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Erythrobacter zhengii Fang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

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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