Name: Fusibacter Ravot et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fu.si.bac’ter. L. masc. n. fusus, a spindle; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Fusibacter, a small spindle-shaped rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Fusibacter-), fu-si-BAK-ter

Type species: Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ravot G, Magot M, Fardeau ML, Patel BK, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Fusibacter paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, thiosulfate-reducing bacterium from an oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1141-1147. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fusibacteraceae Ma et al. 2026. Publication: Ma L, Liu X, Alain K, Wang D, Han X, Shao Z, Zeng X. Tianxiuia mixotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, facultative mixotrophic, iron(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from the Tianxiu hydrothermal field and the proposal of Fusibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7019. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20. 🇧🇪
  • 🧕 Qiu et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Qiu D, Zeng X, Zeng L, Li G, Shao Z. Fusibacter ferrireducens sp. nov., an anaerobic, Fe()- and sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4952. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fusobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Smii et al. (2015). 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: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; MCCC: 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fusibacter bizertensis Smii et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusibacter ferrireducens Qiu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusibacter fontis Fadhlaoui et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusibacter paucivorans Ravot et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fusibacter tunisiensis Ben Hania et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fusibacteraceae Ma et al. 2026

Assigned by: Ma L, Liu X, Alain K, Wang D, Han X, Shao Z, Zeng X. Tianxiuia mixotrophica gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, facultative mixotrophic, iron(III)-reducing bacterium isolated from the Tianxiu hydrothermal field and the proposal of Fusibacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7019. 🇨🇳

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