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Genus Lacibacterium
Name: Lacibacterium Sheu et al. 2013
Etymology: La.ci.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. n. lacus (gen. lacus), a lake, a pond; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Lacibacterium, a rod from a lake
Gender: neuter (stem: Lacibacteri-)
Type species: Lacibacterium aquatile Sheu et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sheu SY, Chen YL, Young CC, Chen WM. Lacibacterium aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4797-4804. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Sheu et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Sheu SY, Chen YL, Young CC, Chen WM. Lacibacterium aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4797-4804.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00706 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: BCRC: 1; LMG: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Sheu et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Sheu SY, Chen YL, Young CC, Chen WM. Lacibacterium aquatile gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4797-4804.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Lacibacterium aquatile Sheu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Record number: 518470
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