Genus Fluviibacterium

Name: Fluviibacterium Sun et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Flu.vi.i.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. n. fluvius, a river; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Fluviibacterium, a rod from a river

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Fluviibacteri-), flu-wi-i-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Fluviibacterium aquatile Sun et al. 2020

Valid publication: Sun YY, Dang YR, He XY, Wang JM, Liu NH, Sun ML, Li CY, Chen XL, Zhang YZ, Song XY, et al. Fluviibacterium aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from estuary sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:105-111. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Meridianimarinicoccus Ren et al. 2019

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Phycocomes Zhu et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Meridianimarinicoccus Ren et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Sun et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Sun YY, Dang YR, He XY, Wang JM, Liu NH, Sun ML, Li CY, Chen XL, Zhang YZ, Song XY, et al. Fluviibacterium aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from estuary sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:105-111. 🇨🇳
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Meridianimarinicoccus Ren et al. 2019. Publication: Huang Z, Li M, Oren A, Lai Q. Genome-based analysis of the family Paracoccaceae and description of Ostreiculturibacter nitratireducens gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an oyster farm on a tidal flat. Front Microbiol 2024; 15:1376777. 🇨🇳
- 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Fluviibacterium 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: KCTC: 1; CCTCC: 1; MCCC: 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: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Fluviibacterium aquatile Sun et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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