Name: Filomicrobium Schlesner 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fi.lo.mi.cro’bi.um. L. neut. n. filum, thread; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Filomicrobium, thread-like microbe

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Filomicrobi-), fi-lo-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: Filomicrobium fusiforme Schlesner 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schlesner H. Filomicrobium fusiforme gen. nov., sp. nov., a slender budding, hyphal bacterium from brackish water. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 10:63-67. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Filimicrobium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FIMI" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Filomicrobium fusiforme Schlesner 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Filomicrobium insigne Wu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Filomicrobium marinum" Henriques and De Marco 2015	not validly published	pro-correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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. 🇺🇸

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