Name: Niveibacterium Chun et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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: neuter

Type species: Niveibacterium umoris Chun et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

• Notes:
  • Huang et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017. Publication: 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.
  • The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02873 (N = 3).

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
    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

Parent taxon: Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: 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.

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