Genus Myroides

Name: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: My.roi’des Gr. n. muron, perfume; Gr. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eidos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. n. Myroides, resembling perfume

Gender: masculine

Type species: Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vancanneyt M, Segers P, Torck U, Hoste B, Bernardet JF, Vandamme P, Kersters K. Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:926-932.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Yan et al. 2012 Yan S, Zhao N, Zhang XH. Myroides phaeus sp. nov., isolated from human saliva, and emended descriptions of the genus Myroides and the species Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009 and Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:770-775. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.
  - As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Notes:
- Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Myroidaceae". 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.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Stutzer M, Kwaschnina A. Aussaaten aus den Fäzes des Menschen gelbe Kolonien bildende Bakterien (Gattung Flavobacterium u.a.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1929; 113:219-225.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 13
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Myroides anatoliensis (Kacagan et al. 2013) García-López et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Myroides aquimaris García-López et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Myroides ceti (Vela et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Myroides cloacae (Liu et al. 2017) García-López et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Myroides guanonis Tomova et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Myroides indicus Ram et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Myroides injenensis Paek et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Myroides marinus Cho et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
Myroides odoratimimus Vancanneyt et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996	validly published	correct name
Myroides pelagicus Yoon et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Myroides phaeus Yan et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Myroides profundi Zhang et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
Myroides xuanwuensis Zhang et al. 2014	validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070.

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