Name: Janibacter Martin et al. 1997

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: 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: masculine

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The gender is not given by Martin et al. 1997. However, according to Rule 65, Janibacter should be in the masculine gender. Publication: Parker CT, Tindall BJ, Garrity GM. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:S1-S111.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Janibacter alkaliphilus Li et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter anophelis Kämpfer et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter brevis Imamura et al. 2000	validly published	synonym
    Janibacter corallicola Kageyama et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter cremeus Hamada et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter hoylei Shivaji et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter indicus Zhang et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter limosus Martin et al. 1997	validly published	correct name
    "Janibacter massiliensis" Maaloum et al. 2019	not validly published
    Janibacter melonis Yoon et al. 2004	validly published	correct name
    Janibacter terrae Yoon et al. 2000	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.

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