Name: Macromonas Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.cro.mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. makros, large; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Macromonas, a large monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Macromonad-)

Type species: Macromonas mobilis corrig. (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Koppe F. Die Schlammflora der ostholsteinischen Seen und des Bodensees. Archiv für Hydrobiologie 1924; 14:619-672.

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

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Thiotrichaceae" Pringsheim 1949. 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.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family Achromatiaceae Massart 1901 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Thiobacteriaceae" Orla-Jensen 1909. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Achromatium Schewiakoff 1893 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lauterborn R. Die sapropelische Lebewelt. Ein Beispiel zur Biologie des Faulschlammes natürlicher Gewässer. Verhandlungen des Naturhistorisch-Medizinischen Vereins zu Heidelberg 1915; 13:395-481.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Iacromonas"; "Illacromonas"; "Jlacromonas"; "Jllacromonas"; "Macromonaa"; "Macromonus"; "Makromonas"; "Mueromonas".
  • ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Utermöhl and Koppe) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Koppe).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; KCTC: 1; VKM: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "MAMN" 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Macromonas bipunctata (ex Gicklhorn 1920) Dubinina and Grabovich 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Macromonas mobile (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Macromonas mobilis corrig. (Lauterborn 1915) Utermöhl and Koppe 1924 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Macromonas nakdongensis" Baek and Choi 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. 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. 1.

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