Genus Marinisporobacter

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Clostridia Eubacteriales Clostridiaceae Marinisporobacter

Name: Marinisporobacter Vandieken et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ma.ri.ni.spo.ro.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Marinisporobacter, a sporulated rod from the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Marinisporobacter-), ma-ri-ni-spo-ro-BAK-ter

Type species: Marinisporobacter balticus Vandieken et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandieken V, Niemann H, Engelen B, Cypionka H. Marinisporobacter balticus gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfosporosinus nitroreducens sp. nov. and Desulfosporosinus fructosivorans sp. nov., new spore-forming bacteria isolated from subsurface sediments of the Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1887-1893. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3137-3139.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Thermotaleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🧕 Fisher et al. (2026) assigned this genus to the family Thermotaleaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Fisher LA, Dangre SR, McKaig JM, Lawson PA, Inman BG, Odenheimer A, Plattner TA, Quartini E, Carr CE, Doran PT, et al. Halotolerantifilum yawarlongkerapense gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halotolerant and thermotolerant bacterium isolated from Lake Warden, and proposal of Guggenheimellaceae fam. nov. in the order Peptostreptococcales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7084. 🇺🇸
- 🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this genus to the order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932. 🇩🇪
- 🧕 Vandieken et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Clostridiales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Vandieken V, Niemann H, Engelen B, Cypionka H. Marinisporobacter balticus gen. nov., sp. nov., Desulfosporosinus nitroreducens sp. nov. and Desulfosporosinus fructosivorans sp. nov., new spore-forming bacteria isolated from subsurface sediments of the Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1887-1893. 🇩🇪
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
Marinisporobacter balticus Vandieken et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (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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