Genus Hyphomonas

Name: Hyphomonas (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore et al. 1984

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Hy.pho’mo.nas. Gr. neut. n. hyphos, web, filament; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Hyphomonas, hyphabearing unit

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Hyphomonad-), hy-P^HO-mo-nas

Type species: Hyphomonas polymorpha (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore et al. 1984

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Moore RL, Weiner RM, Gebers R. Genus Hyphomonas Pongratz 1957 nom. rev. emend., Hyphomonas polymorpha Pongratz 1957 nom. rev. emend., and Hyphomonas neptunium (Leifson 1964) comb. nov. emend. (Hyphomicrobium neptunium). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:71-73. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Weiner et al. 2000 Weiner RM, Melick M, O'Neill K, Quintero E. Hyphomonas adhaerens sp. nov., Hyphomonas johnsonii sp. nov. and Hyphomonas rosenbergii sp. nov., marine budding and prosthecate bacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:459-469. 🇺🇸 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
  • Li et al. 2014 Li C, Lai Q, Li G, Sun F, Shao Z. Hyphomonas atlanticus sp. nov., isolated from the Atlantic Ocean and emended description of the genus Hyphomonas. Syst Appl Microbiol 2014; 37:423-428. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005. Publication: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919. 🇯🇵
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Hyphomonadales Kevbrin et al. 2021. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Koziaeva V, Uzun M, Grouzdev D. Alkalicaulis satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphile isolated from a laboratory culture cyanobacterium Geitlerinema species and proposals of Maricaulaceae fam. nov., Robiginitomaculaceae fam. nov., Maricaulales ord. nov. and Hyphomonadales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4614. 🇷🇺
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Rhodobacteraceae". 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Kevbrin et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the order Hyphomonadales Kevbrin et al. 2021. Publication: Kevbrin V, Boltyanskaya Y, Koziaeva V, Uzun M, Grouzdev D. Alkalicaulis satelles gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel haloalkaliphile isolated from a laboratory culture cyanobacterium Geitlerinema species and proposals of Maricaulaceae fam. nov., Robiginitomaculaceae fam. nov., Maricaulales ord. nov. and Hyphomonadales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4614. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hphomonas"; "Hyhomonas"; "Hyphomouas"; "Iyphomonas".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Weiner et al. (2000), Li 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 9; ATCC: 9; MCCC: 6; LMG: 5; NBRC: 3; CCRC: 2; IFO: 2; JCM: 2; LE: 2; NCIMB: 2.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "HFMN" 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: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Hyphomonas adhaerens Weiner et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas atlantica corrig. Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas atlanticus Li et al. 2015	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Hyphomonas beringensis Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas chukchiensis Li et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas hirschiana Weiner et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas jannaschiana Weiner et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas johnsonii Weiner et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas neptunia corrig. (Leifson 1964) Moore et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas neptunium (Leifson 1964) Moore et al. 1984	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Hyphomonas oceanitis Weiner et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas pacifica Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas polymorpha (ex Pongratz 1957) Moore et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas rosenbergii Weiner et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Hyphomonas sediminis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomonadaceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919. 🇯🇵

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