Genus "Ketogulonicigenium"

Name: "Ketogulonicigenium" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ke.to.gu.lo.ni.ci.ge’ni.um. N.L. neut. n. acidum ketogulonicum, ketogulonic acid; N.L. neut. n. suff. -genium, producing; from L. v. geno, to produce; N.L. neut. n. Ketogulonicigenium, that which produces ketogulonic acid

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Ketogulonicigeni-), ke-to-gu-lo-ni-ki-GE-ni-um

Type species: "Ketogulonicigenium vulgare" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Urbance JW, Bratina BJ, Stoddard SF, Schmidt TM. Taxonomic characterization of Ketogulonigenium vulgare gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ketogulonigenium robustum sp. nov., which oxidize L-sorbose to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1059-1070. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Ketogulonigenium" Urbance et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodobacteraceae fam. 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. 161. 🇺🇸
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Ketogulonigenium" Urbance et al. 2001. Publication: Urbance JW, Bratina BJ, Stoddard SF, Schmidt TM. Taxonomic characterization of Ketogulonigenium vulgare gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ketogulonigenium robustum sp. nov., which oxidize L-sorbose to 2-keto-L-gulonic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1059-1070. 🇺🇸
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ketogluconicigenium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCTC: 1; NRRL: 1.
- 🧍 Considered not validly published. — Ketogulonicigenium corrig. Urbance et al. 2001 is not validly published because the type species is not validly published. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱
- 🧍 The original spelling Ketogulonigenium (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Ketogulonicigenium robustum" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name
"Ketogulonicigenium vulgare" corrig. Urbance et al. 2001	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Li M, Wang C, Huang J, Wang G. Vitamin B(12) sharing Jujubicoccus corallicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coral Porites sp. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7244. 🇨🇳

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