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Genus Laribacter
Name: Laribacter Yuen et al. 2002
Etymology: La.ri.bac’ter. L. masc. n. larus, a ravenous sea-bird, the mew; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Laribacter, a rod in the shape of a seagull
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Laribacter-), la-ri-BAK-ter
Type species: Laribacter hongkongensis Yuen et al. 2002
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Yuen KY, Woo PC, Teng JL, Leung KW, Wong MK, Lau SK. Laribacter hongkongensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gram-negative bacterium isolated from a cirrhotic patient with bacteremia and empyema. J Clin Microbiol 2001; 39:4227-4232. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 87. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1437-1438.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Adeolu and Gupta (2013) assigned this genus to the family Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013.
Publication:
Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24. 🇨🇦
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Neisseriaceae Prévot 1933 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06694 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CCUG: 1; LMG: 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.
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🧕 Adeolu and Gupta (2013) assigned this genus to the family Chromobacteriaceae Adeolu and Gupta 2013.
Publication:
Adeolu M, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures for the order Neisseriales: proposal for division of the order Neisseriales into the emended family Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae fam. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1-24.
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 Laribacter hongkongensis Yuen et al. 2002 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Aquaspirillaceae Chen et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Chen S, Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomics and molecular signatures support division of the order Neisseriales into emended families Neisseriaceae and Chromobacteriaceae and three new families Aquaspirillaceae fam. nov., Chitinibacteraceae fam. nov., and Leeiaceae fam. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126251. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 515922
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