Name: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ja.ni.bac’ter. L. masc. n. Janus, a god in roman mythology, who is said to have had two faces (or Ianus); N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Janibacter, referring to the changing morphology of the microorganisms

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Janibacter-), ja-ni-BAK-ter

Type species: Janibacter limosus Martin et al. 1997

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Martin K, Schumann P, Rainey FA, Schuetze B, Groth I. Janibacter limosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new actinomycete with meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:529-534.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Janihacter".
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; JCM: 8; CIP: 4; CCUG: 4; KACC: 2; CGMCC: 2; KCTC: 2; NBRC: 2; ATCC: 2; KCCM: 1.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The gender is not given by Martin et al. 1997. However, according to Rule 65, Janibacter should be in the masculine gender. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Janibacter alittae Kim et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter alkaliphilus Li et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter brevis Imamura et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Janibacter corallicola Kageyama et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter cremeus Hamada et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter endophyticus Zhang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter hoylei Shivaji et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter indicus Zhang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Janibacter limosus Martin et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Janibacter massiliensis" Maaloum et al. 2019	not validly published	preferred name
    Janibacter melonis Yoon et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Janibacter merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Janibacter terrae Yoon et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.

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