Name: Modestobacter Mevs et al. 2000

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.des.to.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. modestus, modest, humble; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, a rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Modestobacter, a rod with modest growth requirements

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Modestobacter-), mo-des-to-BAK-ter

Type species: Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mevs U, Stackebrandt E, Schumann P, Gallikowski CA, Hirsch P. Modestobacter multiseptatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a budding actinomycete from soils of the Asgard Range (Transantarctic Mountains). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:337-346.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Reddy et al. 2007 Reddy GS, Potrafka RM, Garcia-Pichel F. Modestobacter versicolor sp. nov., an actinobacterium from biological soil crusts that produces melanins under oligotrophy, with emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2014-2020. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Xiao et al. 2011 Xiao J, Luo Y, Xu J, Xie S, Xu J. Modestobacter marinus sp. nov., a psychrotolerant actinobacterium from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Modestobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1710-1714. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2331-2332.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Qin et al. 2013 Qin S, Bian GK, Zhang YJ, Xing K, Cao CL, Liu CH, Dai CC, Li WJ, Jiang JH. Modestobacter roseus sp. nov., an endophytic actinomycete isolated from the coastal halophyte Salicornia europaea Linn., and emended description of the genus Modestobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2197-2202. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Nouioui I, Igual JM, Sproer C, Castro JF, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Urzi C. Modestobacter italicus sp. nov., isolated from Carrara marble quarry and emended descriptions of the genus Modestobacter and the species Modestobacter marinus, Modestobacter multiseptatus, Modestobacter roseus and Modestobacter versicolor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1537-1545. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2630-2631.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Sen et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Geodermatophilales Sen et al. 2014. Publication: Sen A, Daubin V, Abrouk D, Gifford I, Berry AM, Normand P. Phylogeny of the class Actinobacteria revisited in the light of complete genomes. The orders 'Frankiales' and Micrococcales should be split into coherent entities: proposal of Frankiales ord. nov., Geodermatophilales ord. nov., Acidothermales ord. nov. and Nakamurellales ord. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3821-3832.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Golinska et al. (2020). 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: DSM: 10; CECT: 4; KCTC: 4; CPCC: 2; PCM: 2; NBRC: 2; JCM: 2; CIP: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Modestobacter altitudinis Golińska et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter caceresii Busarakam et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter deserti Jiang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Modestobacter excelsi Golinska et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter italicus Montero-Calasanz et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter lacusdianchii Zhang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter lapidis Trujillo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter marinus Xiao et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter multiseptatus Mevs et al. 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter muralis Trujillo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter roseus Qin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Modestobacter versicolor Reddy et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geodermatophilaceae Normand 2006

Assigned by: Normand P. Geodermatophilaceae fam. nov., a formal description. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2277-2278.

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