Genus Paenirhodobacter

Name: Paenirhodobacter Wang et al. 2014

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pae.ni.rho.do.bac’ter. L. adv. paene, almost; L. vowel -i-, connecting vowel; N.L. masc. n. Rhodobacter, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Paenirhodobacter, almost a Rhodobacter

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Paenirhodobacter-), pa͡e-ni-r^ho-do-BAK-ter

Type species: Paenirhodobacter enshiensis Wang et al. 2014

Valid publication: Wang D, Liu H, Zheng S, Wang G. Paenirhodobacter enshiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-photosynthetic bacterium isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of the genera Rhodobacter and Haematobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:551-558. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Stagnihabitans Ma et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sedimentimonas Mu et al. 2024	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sinirhodobacter corrig. Yang et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sinorhodobacter Yang et al. 2018	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- 🧕 Park et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Park S, Park JM, Kang CH, Yoon JH. Confluentimicrobium lipolyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel lipolytic alphaproteobacterium isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring, and emended description of Actibacterium mucosum Lucena et al. 2012. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:969-977. 🇰🇷
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Rhodobacter Imhoff et al. 1984. Publication: Huang MH, Zhang DF, Wang HC, He W, Song XR. Description of Rhodobacter flavimaris sp. nov. and proposal of the genera Paenirhodobacter, Sedimentimonas, and Sinirhodobacter as synonyms of Rhodobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6540. 🇨🇳
- ❗ Paenirhodobacter 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: KCTC: 3; KACC: 2; CCTCC: 2; LMG: 1; CFCC: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
Paenirhodobacter enshiensis Wang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paenirhodobacter ferrireducens (Yang et al. 2018) Huang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paenirhodobacter hankyongi (Lee et al. 2020) Huang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paenirhodobacter huangdaonensis (Xi et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Paenirhodobacter populi (Xu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022

Assigned by: Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638. 🇩🇪

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.518486Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 518486

This LPSN page was printed on 2026-09-09 03:13:56

Support LPSN

Genus Paenirhodobacter