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Genus Leptobacterium
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- Abyssalbus
- Actibacter
- Aegicerativicinus
- Aequorivita
- Aestuariibaculum
- Aestuariicola
- Aestuariimonas
- Aestuariivivens
- "Aggregatimonas"
- Algibacter
- Algitalea
- "Algorimicrobium"
- Allocoenonia
- Allomuricauda
- Allotamlana
- "Altibacter"
- "Altuibacter"
- Amniculibacterium
- "Candidatus Amoebinatus"
- Antarcticibacterium
- Antarcticimonas
- [Antarcticum]
- Aquaticitalea
- Aquibacter
- Aquimarina
- Arcticiflavibacter
- "Candidatus Arcticimaribacter"
- Arenibacter
- Arenitalea
- "Ascidiaceibacter"
- Ascidiimonas
- Asprobacillus
- Aurantiacicella
- Aurantibacter
- Aurantivirga
- Aureibaculum
- Aureicoccus
- "Aureimarina"
- Aureisphaera
- Aureitalea
- Aureivirga
- Autumnicola
- "Avrilella"
- Bizionia
- Capnocytophaga
- Cellulophaga
- Changchengzhania
- Christiangramia
- "Citreibacter"
- Citreitalea
- "Coccinimonas"
- Cochleicola
- Coenonia
- Cognatitamlana
- Confluentibacter
- Constantimarinum
- "Coraliitalea"
- Corallibacter
- Costertonia
- Croceibacter
- "Croceimarina"
- Croceitalea
- Croceivirga
- Daejeonia
- Dokdonia
- Donghaeana
- "Candidatus Endobryopsis"
- Eudoraea
- Euzebyella
- Faecalibacter
- "Feifantangia"
- Flagellimonas
- Flavicella
- Flavihalobacter
- Flavimarina
- Flaviramulus
- Flavirhabdus
- Flavivirga
- Flavobacterium
- Formosa
- Frondibacter
- [Fucobacter]
- Fulvibacter
- Gaetbulibacter
- Gaetbulimicrobium
- Galbibacter
- Gangjinia
- Gelatiniphilus
- Gelidibacter
- Geojedonia
- Gillisia
- Gilvibacter
- Gilvirhabdus
- Gramella
- "Candidatus Haematobacterium" corrig.
- "Haloanella"
- Haloflavibacter
- "Halomarinibacterium"
- Hanstruepera
- "Candidatus Hemobacterium"
- Hoppeia
- Hwangdonia
- Hyunsoonleella
- Ichthyenterobacterium
- Imtechella
- Jejudonia
- Jejuia
- Joostella
- Kordia
- Kriegella
- Krokinobacter
- Lacinutrix
- Leeuwenhoekiella
- "Lentiprolixibacter"
- Litoribaculum
- Lutaonella
- Luteirhabdus
- Lutibacter
- Lutimonas
- Mangrovimonas
- Maribacter
- "Candidatus Maricapacicella"
- Mariniflexile
- Marinirhabdus
- "Marinitalea"
- Marinivirga
- Maripseudobacter
- "Candidatus Marisimplicoccus"
- Maritimimonas
- "Candidatus Marivariicella"
- Marixanthomonas
- Marixanthotalea
- "Meishania"
- Meridianimaribacter
- Mesoflavibacter
- Mesohalobacter
- Mesonia
- Microcosmobacter
- Muricauda
- Muriicola
- Myroides
- Namhaeicola
- "Candidatus Neoflavobacterium"
- Neotamlana
- Neptunitalea
- Nonlabens
- Oceanihabitans
- "Ochrovirga"
- Olleya
- Paenimyroides
- Paramesonia
- Pareuzebyella
- Patiriisocius
- Paucihalobacter
- Pelagihabitans
- Persicivirga
- Pibocella
- Planktosalinus
- Polaribacter
- Pontimicrobium
- Pontirhabdus
- Poritiphilus
- Postechiella
- "Prasinibacter"
- Pricia
- "Candidatus Prosiliicoccus"
- Pseudalgibacter
- Pseudobizionia
- Pseudofulvibacter
- Pseudotamlana
- Pseudotenacibaculum
- Pseudozobellia
- Psychroflexus
- Psychroserpens
- Pukyongia
- Pustulibacterium
- Rasiella
- Robertkochia
- Robiginitalea
- Sabulilitoribacter
- Salegentibacter
- Salinimicrobium
- Sandarakinotalea
- Saonia
- Sediminibacter
- Sediminicola
- Seonamhaeicola
- Siansivirga
- Sinomicrobium
- Snuella
- "Sphaerocytophaga"
- Spodiobacter
- Spongiibacterium
- Spongiiferula
- Spongiimicrobium
- Spongiivirga
- "Spongitalea"
- Stanierella
- Stenothermobacter
- Subsaxibacter
- Subsaximicrobium
- "Sufflavibacter"
- Sungkyunkwania
- Taeania
- Tamlana
- Tenacibaculum
- Thalassobellus
- Thermobacterium
- Ulvibacter
- Ulvibacterium
- Urechidicola
- "Vaginella"
- "Vesiculatum"
- Vitellibacter
- Wangia
- Wenyingzhuangia
- Winogradskyella
- Wocania
- Xanthomarina
- Yeosuana
- Zeaxanthinibacter
- Zhouia
- Zobellia
- Zunongwangia corrig.
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Name: Leptobacterium Mitra et al. 2009
Etymology: Lep.to.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. leptos, thin, fine, narrow; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Leptobacterium, a slender rod
Gender: neuter (stem: Leptobacteri-)
Type species: Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Mitra S, Matsuo Y, Haga T, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Yoon J, Kasai H, Yokota A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:207-212. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; MCCC: 1; NBRC: 1; MBIC: 1.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Leptobacterium meishanense Wang et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Mitra S, Matsuo Y, Haga T, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Yoon J, Kasai H, Yokota A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:207-212.
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Record number: 517843
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