Genus Limnobacter
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
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
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Emendations:
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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.
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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.
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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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Limnobacter alexandrii" Duan et al. 2020 not validly published 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
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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