Genus Ferruginibacter

Name: Ferruginibacter Lim et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fer.ru.gi.ni.bac’ter. L. fem. n. ferrugo (gen. ferruginis), colour of iron rust; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ferruginibacter, rust-coloured rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Ferruginibacter-), fer-ru-gi-ni-BAK-ter

Type species: Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lim JH, Baek SH, Lee ST. Ferruginibacter alkalilentus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ferruginibacter lapsinanis sp. nov., novel members of the family 'Chitinophagaceae' in the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from freshwater sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2394-2399. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kang et al. (2015). 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: 4; LMG: 2; CECT: 2; KACC: 2; JCM: 1; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Ferruginibacter albus Won et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Ferruginibacter alkalilentus Lim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Ferruginibacter lapsinanis Lim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Ferruginibacter paludis Kang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Ferruginibacter profundus Jin et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Ferruginibacter yonginensis Lee et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Lodders N, Falsen E. Hydrotalea flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Bacteroidetes and allocation of the genera Chitinophaga, Sediminibacterium, Lacibacter, Flavihumibacter, Flavisolibacter, Niabella, Niastella, Segetibacter, Parasegetibacter, Terrimonas, Ferruginibacter, Filimonas and Hydrotalea to the family Chitinophagaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:518-523. 🇩🇪

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