Name: Iodobacter Logan 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Io.do.bac.ter. Gr. neut. adj. ioeides, violet-colored; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Iodobacter, a violet-colored, small rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Iodobacter-)

Type species: Iodobacter fluviatilis corrig. (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Logan NA. Numerical taxonomy of violet-pigmented, gram-negative bacteria and description of Iodobacter fluviatile gen. nov., comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:450-456.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.
  • 🧕 Chen et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Chitinibacteraceae Chen et al. 2022. Publication: Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Chromobacterium Bergonzini 1880 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Moss MO, Ryall C, Logan NA. The classification and characterization of chromobacteria from a lowland river. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1978; 105:11-21.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Jodobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Iodobacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; JCM: 3; CIP: 3; NRRL: 2; NCTC: 2; ATCC: 2; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 2; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "IDBT" 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.
  • 🧍 The nomenclatural name Ioeidobacter (Gr. adj. ioeides, violet-colored; N.L. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Ioeidobacter, a small violet-colored rod) seems better than Iodobacter. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Iodobacter arcticus Srinivas et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Iodobacter ciconiae Lee et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Iodobacter fluviatile (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Iodobacter fluviatilis corrig. (Moss et al. 1981) Logan 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Iodobacter limnosediminis Su et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Iodobacter violaceini De León et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.

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