Genus Frateuria

Name: Frateuria Swings et al. 1980

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Fra.teu’ri.a. N.L. fem. n. Frateuria, named after Joseph Frateur (1903-1974), eminent Belgian microbiologist

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Frateuri-), fra-TE͡U-ri-a

Type species: Frateuria aurantia (ex Kondô and Ameyama 1958) Swings et al. 1980

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Swings J, Gillis M, Kersters K, De Vos P, Gosselé F, De Ley J. Frateuria, a new genus for "Acetobacter aurantius". Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:547-556. 🇧🇪

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2011 Zhang JY, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Frateuria terrea sp. nov., isolated from forest soil, and emended description of the genus Frateuria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:443-447. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Bansal et al. 2023 Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the taxonomic boundaries of genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465. 🇮🇳 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 44. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7140.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Frateuriaceae" Bansal et al. 2023. Publication: Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the Taxonomic Boundaries of Genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465. 🇮🇳
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Xanthomonadaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Saddler GS, Bradbury JF. Family I. Xanthomonadaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 63. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Acetobacter Beijerinck 1898 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kondô K, Ameyama M. Carbohydrate Metabolism by Acetobacter Species. Part I. Oxidative Activity for Various Carbohydrates. Bull. Agr. Chem. Soc. Japan 1958; 22:369-372.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Frateruia"; "Frateura".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; DSM: 3; KACC: 3; CGMCC: 2; NBRC: 2; NCCB: 1; ACCC: 1; IFO: 1; NCIMB: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FRTR" 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Frateuria aurantia (ex Kondô and Ameyama 1958) Swings et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria defendens Lidor et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria edaphi Won et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria flava Akter et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria hangzhouensis Yang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria soli Won et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Frateuria terrea Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rhodanobacteraceae Naushad et al. 2015

Assigned by: Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦

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