Genus Franconibacter

Name: Franconibacter Stephan et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fran.co.ni.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Franconibacter, a rod named in memory of microbiologist Augusto Franco-Mora

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Franconibacter-), fran-ko-ni-BAK-ter

Type species: Franconibacter helveticus (Stephan et al. 2007) Stephan et al. 2014

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Stephan R, Grim CJ, Gopinath GR, Mammel MK, Sathyamoorthy V, Trach LH, Chase HR, Fanning S, Tall BD. Re-examination of the taxonomic status of Enterobacter helveticus, Enterobacter pulveris and Enterobacter turicensis as members of the genus Cronobacter and their reclassification in the genera Franconibacter gen. nov. and Siccibacter gen. nov. as Franconibacter helveticus comb. nov., Franconibacter pulveris comb. nov. and Siccibacter turicensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3402-3410. 🇨🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:5-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cronobacter Iversen et al. 2008. Publication: Brady C, Cleenwerck I, Venter S, Coutinho T, De Vos P. Taxonomic evaluation of the genus Enterobacter based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA): proposal to reclassify E. nimipressuralis and E. amnigenus into Lelliottia gen. nov. as Lelliottia nimipressuralis comb. nov. and Lelliottia amnigena comb. nov., respectively, E. gergoviae and E. pyrinus into Pluralibacter gen. nov. as Pluralibacter gergoviae comb. nov. and Pluralibacter pyrinus comb. nov., respectively, E. cowanii, E. radicincitans, E. oryzae and E. arachidis into Kosakonia gen. nov. as Kosakonia cowanii comb. nov., Kosakonia radicincitans comb. nov., Kosakonia oryzae comb. nov. and Kosakonia arachidis comb. nov., respectively, and E. turicensis, E. helveticus and E. pulveris into Cronobacter as Cronobacter zurichensis nom. nov., Cronobacter helveticus comb. nov. and Cronobacter pulveris comb. nov., respectively, and emended description of the genera Enterobacter and Cronobacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:309-319. 🇿🇦
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Enterobacter Hormaeche and Edwards 1960 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stephan R, Van Trappen S, Cleenwerck I, Vancanneyt M, De Vos P, Lehner A. Enterobacter turicensis sp. nov. and Enterobacter helveticus sp. nov., isolated from fruit powder. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:820-826. 🇨🇭
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Stephan et al. (2014). 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: LMG: 3; JCM: 2; DSM: 2; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Franconibacter daqui Gao et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Franconibacter helveticus (Stephan et al. 2007) Stephan et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Franconibacter pulveris (Stephan et al. 2008) Stephan et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

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