Genus Litoribacter

Name: Litoribacter Tian et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Li.to.ri.bac’ter. L. neut. n. litus (gen. litoris), shore, beach, strand; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Litoribacter, rod from the shore

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Litoribacter-), li-to-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Litoribacter ruber Tian et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tian SP, Wang YX, Hu B, Zhang XX, Xiao W, Chen Y, Lai YH, Wen ML, Cui XL. Litoribacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2996-3001. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Pitt et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012. Publication: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Hahn MW. Description of a new freshwater bacterium Aquirufa regiilacus sp. nov., classification of the genera Aquirufa, Arundinibacter, Sandaracinomonas, and Tellurirhabdus to the family Spirosomataceae, classification of the genus Chryseotalea to the family Fulvivirgaceae and Litoribacter to the family Cyclobacteriaceae, as well as classification of Litoribacter alkaliphilus as a later heterotypic synonym of Litoribacter ruber. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:79. 🇦🇹
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; LMG: 1; CCTCC: 1; ACCC: 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: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Litoribacter alkaliphilus Subhash et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Litoribacter populi Wang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Litoribacter ruber Tian et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tian SP, Wang YX, Hu B, Zhang XX, Xiao W, Chen Y, Lai YH, Wen ML, Cui XL. Litoribacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2996-3001. 🇨🇳

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