Genus Motiliproteus

Name: Motiliproteus Wang et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Mo.ti.li.pro’teus. N.L. masc./fem. adj. motilis, motile; Gr. masc. n. Prôteus, a mythical figure able to assume different forms; N.L. masc. n. Motiliproteus, a motile bacteria of various forms

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Motiliprote-), mo-ti-li-PRO-te͡us

Type species: Motiliproteus sediminis Wang et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wang ZJ, Xie ZH, Wang C, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Motiliproteus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:615-621. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Wang et al. 2018 Wang G, Xu S, Su H, Chen B, Huang W, Liang J, Wang Y, Yu K. Motiliproteus coralliicola sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from coral. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3292-3295. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Nitrincolaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; ATCC: 1; CICC: 1; MCCC: 1.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Motiliproteus coralliicola Wang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Motiliproteus sediminis Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Wang ZJ, Xie ZH, Wang C, Du ZJ, Chen GJ. Motiliproteus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:615-621. 🇨🇳

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