Name: Gemmata Franzmann and Skerman 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. inf. v. gemmare, to put forth buds, to bud; N.L. fem. n. Gemmata, budded (bacteria), referring to the cell division mode of the bacterium; from L. fem. perf. part. gemmata, put forth buds, budded

Gender: feminine (stem: Gemmat-)

Type species: Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Franzmann PD, Skerman VB. Gemmata obscuriglobus, a new genus and species of the budding bacteria. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1984; 50:261-268.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 18. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1985; 35:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Scheuner et al. 2014 Scheuner C, Tindall BJ, Lu M, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Cheng JF, Goodwin L, Pitluck S, Huntemann M, Liolios K, et al. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305^T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:10. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 22. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2028-2029.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Gemmataceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2017. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Baulina OI, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Fimbriiglobus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gemmata-like planctomycete from Sphagnum peat bog and the proposal of Gemmataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:218-224.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Gemmatales Dedysh et al. 2020. Publication: Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987. 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.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the phylum "Planctomycetes" Garrity and Holt 2001. 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.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Planctomycea Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Dedysh et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Gemmatales Dedysh et al. 2020. Publication: Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Gemmatata"; "Gemmati".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; KCTC: 2; VKM: 1; NBRC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "GEMT" 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Gemmata algarum" Kumar et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Gemmata massiliana Aghnatios et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gemmata obscuriglobus Franzmann and Skerman 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Gemmata palustris Ivanova et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Gemmataceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2017

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Baulina OI, Rijpstra WI, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Fimbriiglobus ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gemmata-like planctomycete from Sphagnum peat bog and the proposal of Gemmataceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:218-224.

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