Name: Ketobacter Kim et al. 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ke.to.bac.ter. Gr. fem. n. Kêtô, Greek goddess of sea monsters, referring to the marine origin; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Ketobacter, a rod from the sea

Gender: masculine (stem: Ketobacter-)

Type species: Ketobacter alkanivorans Kim et al. 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim SH, Kim JG, Jung MY, Kim SJ, Gwak JH, Yu WJ, Roh SW, Kim YH, Rhee SK. Ketobacter alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2258-2264.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Petobacter".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; MCCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ketobacter alkanivorans Kim et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ketobacter nezhaii Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Kim SH, Kim JG, Jung MY, Kim SJ, Gwak JH, Yu WJ, Roh SW, Kim YH, Rhee SK. Ketobacter alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an n-alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2258-2264.

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