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Genus Gaetbulibacter
Name: Gaetbulibacter Jung et al. 2005
Etymology: Ga.et.bu.li.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. gaetbulum, gaetbul, the Korean name for a tidal flat; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Gaetbulibacter, rod isolated from a tidal flat
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Gaetbulibacter-), ga-et-bu-li-BAK-ter
Type species: Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis Jung et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Jung SY, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1845-1849. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Yang and Cho 2008
Yang SJ, Cho JC. Gaetbulibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater, and emended description of the genus Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:315-318. 🇰🇷
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Park et al. 2012
Park SC, Choe HN, Baik KS, Lee KH, Seong CN. Gaetbulibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from shallow coastal seawater, and emended description of the genus Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:150-154. 🇰🇷
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:757-758.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Jeong et al. 2013
Jeong SH, Park MS, Jin HM, Lee K, Park W, Jeon CO. Aestuariibaculum suncheonense gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat and emended descriptions of the genera Gaetbulibacter and Tamlana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:332-338. 🇰🇷
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.
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Hameed et al. 2014
Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Lai WA, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Young CC. Aquibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a zeaxanthin-producing bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from surface seawater, and emended descriptions of the genera Aestuariibaculum and Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:138-145. 🇹🇼
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1075-1076.
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Yang and Cho 2008
Yang SJ, Cho JC. Gaetbulibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater, and emended description of the genus Gaetbulibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:315-318.
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Geatbulibacter".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Jung et al. (2016). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05030 (N = 5).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; JCM: 3; NBRC: 2; DSM: 1; CCUG: 1; KCCM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Gaetbulibacter aestuarii Park et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gaetbulibacter aquiaggeris Jung et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gaetbulibacter jejuensis Oh et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gaetbulibacter lutimaris Yoon et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gaetbulibacter marinus Yang and Cho 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis Jung et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Jung SY, Kang SJ, Lee MH, Lee SY, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Gaetbulibacter saemankumensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a tidal flat sediment in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1845-1849. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 515668
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