Name: Nostocoides Deshmukh and Oren 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Nos.toc.o.i’des. N.L. neut. n. Nostoc, a cyanobacterial genus; L. adj. suff. -oides, resembling; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. neut. n. Nostocoides, resembling Nostoc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Nostocoid-), nos-tok-o-I-des

Type species: Nostocoides japonicum (Maszenan et al. 2000) Deshmukh and Oren 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tetrasphaera Maszenan et al. 2000	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Tetrasphaera Maszenan et al. 2000. Publication: Maszenan AM, Seviour RJ, Patel BK, Schumann P, Burghardt J, Tokiwa Y, Stratton HM. Three isolates of novel polyphosphate-accumulating gram-positive cocci, obtained from activated sludge, belong to a new genus, Tetrasphaera gen. nov., and description of two new species, Tetrasphaera japonica sp. nov. and Tetrasphaera australiensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:593-603. 🇦🇺
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Candidatus Nostocoides" corrig. Blackall et al. 2000.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of McKenzie et al. (2006). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; JCM: 5; KCTC: 3; NCIMB: 3; NBRC: 2.

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
    Nostocoides australiense (Maszenan et al. 2000) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nostocoides japonicum (Maszenan et al. 2000) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nostocoides jenkinsii (McKenzie et al. 2006) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nostocoides vanveenii (McKenzie et al. 2006) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Nostocoides veronense (McKenzie et al. 2006) Deshmukh and Oren 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Shuttleworthella gen. nov. and Nostocoides gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Shuttleworthia and Tetrasphaera, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6318. 🇮🇱

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