Name: Lebetimonas Takai et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Le.be.ti’mo.nas. L. masc. n. lebes (gen. lebetis), a copper basin, kettle, caldron; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Lebetimonas, cell from a caldron

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Lebetimonad-), le-be-TI-mo-nas

Type species: Lebetimonas acidiphila Takai et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Hirayama H, Nakagawa T, Suzuki Y, Nealson KH, Horikoshi K. Lebetimonas acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, acidophilic, hydrogen-oxidizing chemolithoautotroph within the 'Epsilonproteobacteria', isolated from a deep-sea hydrothermal fumarole in the Mariana Arc. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:183-189. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 1; NBRC: 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
    Lebetimonas acidiphila Takai et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lebetimonas natsushimae Nagata et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nautiliaceae Miroshnichenko et al. 2004

Assigned by: Campbell BJ, Engel AS, Porter ML, Takai K. The versatile epsilon-proteobacteria: key players in sulphidic habitats. Nat Rev Microbiol 2006; 4:458-468. 🇺🇸

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