Name: Fretibacterium Vartoukian et al. 2013

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fre.ti.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. fretus, depending, depending on; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Fretibacterium, depending rod, referring to the dependence of this organism on co-culture for good growth

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Fretibacteri-), fre-ti-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Fretibacterium fastidiosum Vartoukian et al. 2013

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vartoukian SR, Downes J, Palmer RM, Wade WG. Fretibacterium fastidiosum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:458-463.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Pradel et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Aminobacteriaceae Pradel et al. 2023. Publication: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00690 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Fretibacterium fastidiosum Vartoukian et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009

Assigned by: Hamdi O, Ben Hania W, Postec A, Bouallagui H, Hamdi M, Bonin P, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Aminobacterium thunnarium sp. nov., a mesophilic, amino acid-degrading bacterium isolated from an anaerobic sludge digester, pertaining to the phylum Synergistetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:609-614.

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