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Genus Oblitimonas
Name: Oblitimonas Drobish et al. 2016
Etymology: Ob.li.ti’mo.nas. L. masc. adj. oblitus, forgotten; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Oblitimonas, a forgotten monad
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Oblitimonad-), ob-li-TI-mo-nas
Type species: Oblitimonas alkaliphila Drobish et al. 2016
Valid publication:
Drobish AM, Emery BD, Whitney AM, Lauer AC, Metcalfe MG, McQuiston JR. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3063-3070. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Thiopseudomonas Tan et al. 2015
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Thiopseudomonas Tan et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP "Oblitimonas" Lauer et al. 2015 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Thiopseudomonas Tan et al. 2015.
Publication:
Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Mousavi SA, Young JPW. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes, Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Rhizobia and Agrobacteria, minutes of the annual meeting by videoconference, 5 July 2021, followed by online discussion until 31 December 2021. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5453.
- ❗ Oblitimonas is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CCUG: 1; B: 1.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Thiopseudomonas Tan et al. 2015.
Publication:
Rudra B, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and comparative genomic analyses of species of the family Pseudomonadaceae: Proposals for the genera Halopseudomonas gen. nov. and Atopomonas gen. nov., merger of the genus Oblitimonas with the genus Thiopseudomonas, and transfer of some misclassified species of the genus Pseudomonas into other genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5011.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Oblitimonas alkaliphila Drobish et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Drobish AM, Emery BD, Whitney AM, Lauer AC, Metcalfe MG, McQuiston JR. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3063-3070.
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Record number: 518995
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