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Genus Niveibacterium
Name: Niveibacterium Chun et al. 2016
Etymology: Ni.ve.i.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. adj. niveus, snow-white, referring to the colony colour; Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Niveibacterium, white rod
Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Niveibacteri-), ni-we-i-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Niveibacterium umoris Chun et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Chun J, Young Kang J, Cheol Jung Y, Yeop Jahng K. Niveibacterium umoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:997-1002. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chun et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Chun J, Young Kang J, Cheol Jung Y, Yeop Jahng K. Niveibacterium umoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:997-1002.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01058 (N = 3).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 2; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Chun et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Chun J, Young Kang J, Cheol Jung Y, Yeop Jahng K. Niveibacterium umoris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from wetland freshwater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:997-1002.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Niveibacterium microcysteis Kang and Park 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Niveibacterium umoris Chun et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017
Assigned by:
Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.
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Record number: 518891
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