Name: Occallatibacter Foesel et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Oc.cal.la.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. occallatus, thick-skinned, referring to the thick cell envelope; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Occallatibacter, rod-shaped bacterium with thick cell envelope

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Occallatibacter-), ok-kal-la-ti-BAK-ter

Type species: Occallatibacter riparius Foesel et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Foesel BU, Mayer S, Luckner M, Wanner G, Rohde M, Overmann J. Occallatibacter riparius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Occallatibacter savannae sp. nov., acidobacteria isolated from Namibian soils, and emended description of the family Acidobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:219-229. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Huber et al. 2026 Huber KJ, Papendorf J, Pilke C, Busing P, Bunk B, Sproer C, Kirstein S, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Rohde M, et al. Occallatibacter bavaricus sp. nov., a new representative of the Acidobacteriota isolated from fen soils, reclassification of Terracidiphilus gabretensis as Occallatibacter gabretensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Occallatibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7086. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7121.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; LMG: 2; CECT: 2; NBRC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Occallatibacter bavaricus Huber et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Occallatibacter gabretensis (García-Fraile et al. 2016) Huber et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Occallatibacter riparius Foesel et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Occallatibacter savannae Foesel et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acidobacteriaceae Thrash and Coates 2012

Assigned by: Foesel BU, Mayer S, Luckner M, Wanner G, Rohde M, Overmann J. Occallatibacter riparius gen. nov., sp. nov. and Occallatibacter savannae sp. nov., acidobacteria isolated from Namibian soils, and emended description of the family Acidobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:219-229. 🇩🇪

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