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Genus Metallibacterium
Name: Metallibacterium Ziegler et al. 2013
Etymology: Me.tal.li.bac.te’ri.um. L. neut. n. metallum, mine; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Metallibacterium, a rod from a mine
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Metallibacteri-), me-tal-li-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Metallibacterium scheffleri Ziegler et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ziegler S, Waidner B, Itoh T, Schumann P, Spring S, Gescher J. Metallibacterium scheffleri gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkalinizing gammaproteobacterium isolated from an acidic biofilm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1499-1504. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Bansal et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Frateuriaceae" Bansal et al. 2023.
Publication:
Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the Taxonomic Boundaries of Genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465. 🇮🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Bansal et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family "Frateuriaceae" Bansal et al. 2023.
Publication:
Bansal K, Kumar S, Singh A, Chaudhary A, Patil PB. Redefining the Taxonomic Boundaries of Genus Xanthomonas. Taxonomy 2023; 3:452-465.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Metallibacterium scheffleri Ziegler et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Lysobacteraceae Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485. 🇨🇦
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Record number: 518337
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