Name: Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Nep.tu.ni.i.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. neptunius, Neptunian, pertaining to Neptune, Roman god of the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Neptuniibacter, a Neptunian rod, referring to the habitat of the bacteria

Gender: masculine (stem: Neptuniibacter-)

Type species: Neptuniibacter caesariensis Arahal et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Arahal DR, Lekunberri I, Gonzalez JM, Pascual J, Pujalte MJ, Pedros-Alio C, Pinhassi J. Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1000-1006.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Chen et al. 2012 Chen MH, Sheu SY, Chiu TF, Chen WM. Neptuniibacter halophilus sp. nov., isolated from a salt pan, and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1104-1109. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Diéguez et al. 2017 Dieguez AL, Balboa S, Magnesen T, Romalde JL. Neptuniibacter pectenicola sp. nov. and Neptuniibacter marinus sp. nov., two novel species isolated from a Great scallop (Pecten maximus) hatchery in Norway and emended description of the genus Neptuniibacter. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:80-85. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Neptunibacter"; "Neptuniibacgter".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00599 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 3; DSM: 2; BCRC: 1; JCM: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neptuniibacter caesariensis Arahal et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neptuniibacter halophilus Chen et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neptuniibacter marinus Diéguez et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neptuniibacter pectenicola Diéguez et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Neptuniibacter victor Kudo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Arahal DR, Lekunberri I, Gonzalez JM, Pascual J, Pujalte MJ, Pedros-Alio C, Pinhassi J. Neptuniibacter caesariensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine genome-sequenced gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1000-1006.

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