Name: Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: E.ry.thro.mi.cro.bi.um. Gr. masc. adj. erythros, red; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; N.L. neut. n. Erythromicrobium, red microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Erythromicrobi-)

Type species: Erythromicrobium ramosum Yurkov et al. 1994

Valid publication: Yurkov V, Stackebrandt E, Holmes A, Fuerst JA, Hugenholtz P, Golecki J, Gad'on N, Gorlenko VM, Kompantseva EI, Drews G. Phylogenetic positions of novel aerobic, bacteriochlorophyll a-containing bacteria and description of Roseococcus thiosulfatophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., Erythromicrobium ramosum gen. nov., sp. nov., and Erythrobacter litoralis sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:427-434.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:853.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 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.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982. Publication: 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.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Eiythromicrobium"; "Erythmmicrobium"; "Erythromicro"; "Erythromkrobium"; "Eythromicrobium"; "Thromicrobium".
  • 🧔 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.
  • ❗ Erythromicrobium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; DSM: 2; CIP: 2; ATCC: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Erythromicrobium ezovicum" Yurkov et al. 1994	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Erythromicrobium hydrolyticum" Yurkov et al. 1996	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Erythromicrobium ramosum Yurkov et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Erythromicrobium sibiricum" (Yurkov and Gorlenko 1990) Yurkov et al. 1991	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)
    "Erythromicrobium ursincola" Yurkov et al. 1991	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

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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