Name: Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Emendations:
  • Lu et al. 2011 Lu H, Sato Y, Fujimura R, Nishizawa T, Kamijo T, Ohta H. Limnobacter litoralis sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from a volcanic deposit, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:404-407. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Nguyen and Kim 2017 Nguyen TM, Kim J. Limnobacter humi sp. nov., a thiosulfate-oxidizing, heterotrophic bacterium isolated from humus soil, and emended description of the genus Limnobacter Spring et al. 2001. J Microbiol 2017; 55:508-513. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 27. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:7-8.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; NBRC: 2; DSM: 1; CIP: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    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 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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