Name: Mabikibacter Choi et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.bi.ki.bac’ter. English n. MABIK, acronym of the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea (MABIK); N.L. masc. n. Mabikibacter, a rod from MABIK

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Mabikibacter-), ma-bi-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Mabikibacter ruber Choi et al. 2017

Valid publication: Choi G, Gao M, Lee DS, Choi H. Mabikibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and proposal of Mabikibacteraceae fam. nov. in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3375-3380. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4881-4883.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Notoacmeibacter Huang et al. 2017

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Notoacmeibacter Huang et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Mabikibacteraceae Choi et al. 2017. Publication: Choi G, Gao M, Lee DS, Choi H. Mabikibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and proposal of Mabikibacteraceae fam. nov. in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3375-3380. 🇰🇷
  • 🧕 Choi et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Mabikibacteraceae Choi et al. 2017. Publication: Choi G, Gao M, Lee DS, Choi H. Mabikibacter ruber gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from marine sediment, and proposal of Mabikibacteraceae fam. nov. in the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3375-3380. 🇰🇷
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Notoacmeibacteraceae Huang et al. 2017. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Huang et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Notoacmeibacteraceae Huang et al. 2017. Publication: Huang Z, Guo F, Lai Q, Shao Z. Notoacmeibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a limpet and proposal of Notoacmeibacteraceae fam. nov. in the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2527-2531. 🇨🇳
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Notoacmeibacter Huang et al. 2017. Publication: Huang Z, Guo F, Lai Q, Shao Z. Notoacmeibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the gut of a limpet and proposal of Notoacmeibacteraceae fam. nov. in the order Rhizobiales of the class Alphaproteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2527-2531. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Mabikibacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCCM: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mabikibacter ruber Choi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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