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Name: Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001
Etymology: Lim.no.bac.ter. Gr. fem. n. limnê, pool of standing water, lake (or limnê); N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Limnobacter, lake rod, referring to the isolation of the type species from lake sediment
Gender: masculine (stem: Limnobacter-)
Type species: Limnobacter thiooxidans Spring et al. 2001
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Spring S, Kampfer P, Schleifer KH. Limnobacter thiooxidans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thiosulfate-oxidizing bacterium isolated from freshwater lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1463-1470.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Limnobacter alexandrii Duan et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Limnobacter humi Nguyen and Kim 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Limnobacter litoralis Lu et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Limnobacter olei" Liu et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Limnobacter parvus Xamxidin et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Limnobacter profundi Kim et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Limnobacter thiooxidans Spring et al. 2001 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Burkholderiaceae 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. 575.
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Record number: 515966