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Genus Facivitalis
Name: Facivitalis Arkan-Ozdemir et al. 2025
Etymology: Fa.ci.vi.ta’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. vitalis, vital, alive; N.L. fem. n. Facivitalis, alive in FAC (Fuel of Aircraft), from which the bacterium was isolated
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Facivital-), fa-ki-wi-TA-lis
Type species: Facivitalis istanbulensis Arkan-Ozdemir et al. 2025
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Arkan-Ozdemir S, Ustunturk-Onan M, Ilhan-Sungur E. Facivitalis istanbulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae with the potential for aromatic-degradation isolated from Jet A1 fuel. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:34. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😢 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. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; LMG: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Facivitalis istanbulensis Arkan-Ozdemir et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000
Assigned by:
Arkan-Ozdemir S, Ustunturk-Onan M, Ilhan-Sungur E. Facivitalis istanbulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Sphingomonadaceae with the potential for aromatic-degradation isolated from Jet A1 fuel. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2024; 118:34. 🇹🇷
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Record number: 55375
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