Name: "Humiphilus" Itoh et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hu’mi.phi.lus. L. fem. n. humus, soil; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. n. Humiphilus, a soil-loving bacterium

Gender: masculine (stem: Humiphil-)

Type species: "Humiphilus diazotrophicus" Itoh et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Itoh H, Mise K, Kuniyasu M, Wasai-Hara S, Ushijima N. Isolation and global occurrence of nitrogen-fixing Acidobacteriota in soil environments. ISME J 2026; 0:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Humiphilus diazotrophicus" Itoh et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012

Assigned by: Itoh H, Mise K, Kuniyasu M, Wasai-Hara S, Ushijima N. Isolation and global occurrence of nitrogen-fixing Acidobacteriota in soil environments. ISME J 2026; 0:0. 🇯🇵

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