Name: Lysobacter Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ly.so.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. lysis, a loosing, releasing; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Lysobacter, the loosing rod, intended to mean the lysing rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Lysobacter-), ly-so-BAK-ter

Type species: Lysobacter enzymogenes Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cognatiluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Marilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cognatilysobacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Noviluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Montanilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Agrilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudoluteimonas Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Novilysobacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Solilutibacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aerolutibacter Lu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2008 Park JH, Kim R, Aslam Z, Jeon CO, Chung YR. Lysobacter capsici sp. nov., with antimicrobial activity, isolated from the rhizosphere of pepper, and emended description of the genus Lysobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:387-392. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Lysobacteraceae Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a New Genus of Nonfruiting, Gliding Bacteria with an High Base Ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Lysobacterales Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a New Genus of Nonfruiting, Gliding Bacteria with an High Base Ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.
  • 🧕 Bansal et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the taxonomic boundaries of genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465. 🇮🇳
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Xanthomonadaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Xanthomonadaceae Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Saddler GS, Bradbury JF. Family I. Xanthomonadaceae 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 B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 63. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 Christensen and Cook (1978) assigned this genus to the order Lysobacterales Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lyobacter"; "Lyosbacter"; "Lyosobacter"; "Lysobcater". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Lysobacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Mori et al. (2025), Huo et al. (2018), Yan et al. (2016), Yu et al. (2013), Zhang et al. (2011). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 45; JCM: 33; DSM: 31; KACC: 27; CCTCC: 18; NBRC: 11; LMG: 11; CGMCC: 11; ATCC: 6; GDMCC: 4.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "LYBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 84
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 86
Total number of child taxa: 100

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Lysobacter aestuarii Jeong et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter agri Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter alkalisoli Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter antarcticus Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter antibioticus Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter arenosi Kim et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter arseniciresistens Luo et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter arvi" Choksket et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter auxotrophicus Saito et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter avium Lee et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter brunescens Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter bugurensis Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter caeni Ye et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter capsici Park et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter caseinilyticus Chhetri et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter cavernae Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter changpingensis" Niu et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    "Lysobacter chengduensis" Wen et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter chinensis Liu et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP, belated name	correct name
    Lysobacter ciconiae Lee et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter claricitrinus Mori et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter concretionis Bae et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter cookii Kawamura et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter daecheongensis" Ten et al. 2008	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter daejeonensis Weon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter defluvii Yassin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter dokdonensis Oh et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter enzymogenes Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter erysipheiresistens Xie et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter firmicutimachus Miess et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter fragariae Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter gilvus Xu et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP, belated name	correct name
    Lysobacter ginsengisoli Jung et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter gummosus Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter hankyongensis Siddiqi and Im 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter helvus Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter humi" Akter et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter humi Lee et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter hymeniacidonis" Xin et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter koreensis Lee et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter korlensis Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter lactamgenus" Ono et al. 1984	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter lactosilyticus Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP, belated name	correct name
    Lysobacter lacus Im et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter lumbrici (Cha et al. 2020) Zhang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter luteus Lucena et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter lycopersici Lin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter maris Yoon 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter mobilis Yang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter niabensis Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter niastensis Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter novalis Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter oculi" Bai et al. 2020	not validly published	synonym
    Lysobacter olei Chaudhary et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter oligotrophicus Fukuda et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter oryzae Aslam et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter panacihumi Huo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter panacisoli Choi et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter panaciterrae Ten et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lysobacter pedocola Jang et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter penaei Xu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter pocheonensis Siddiqi and Im 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter prati Fang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter profundi Jin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter psychrotolerans Luo et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter pythonis Busse et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter rhizophilus Yan et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter rhizosphaerae Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter ruishenii Wang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter sedimenti" Zhang et al. 2022	not validly published	synonym
    Lysobacter sediminicola Siddiqi and Im 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter segetis Ten et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter selenitireducens Mao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter silvestris Margesin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter silvisoli Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter solanacearum Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter soli Srinivasan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter solisilvae Kim et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP, belated name	correct name
    Lysobacter soyae Kim et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter spongiae Choi et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter spongiicola Romanenko et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter stagni Jung et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter tabacisoli Xiao et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter taiwanensis" Gallagher et al. 2010	not validly published	preferred name
    "Lysobacter telluris" Lee and Whang 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Lysobacter terrae Ngo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter terrestris Woo and Kim 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter terricola Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter terrigena Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter thermophilus Wei et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Lysobacter tolerans (Rani et al. 2016) Margesin et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter tongrenensis Li et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter tyrosinelyticus Du et al. 2025	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Lysobacter tyrosinilyticus corrig. Du et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter xanthus Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter ximonensis Wang et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Lysobacter xinjiangensis Liu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter yananisis" Wang et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Lysobacter yangpyeongensis Weon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Lysobacter zhanggongensis" Zhang et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Lysobacteraceae Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.

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