Name: Paraferrimonas Khan and Harayama 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.fer.ri’mo.nas. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. fem. n. Ferrimonas, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Paraferrimonas, beside Ferrimonas

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Paraferrimonad-), pa-ra-fer-RI-mo-nas

Type species: Paraferrimonas sedimenticola Khan and Harayama 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan ST, Harayama S. Paraferrimonas sedimenticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Ferrimonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1493-1498.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Huang et al. 2017 Huang J, Huang Z, Shao Z. Paraferrimonas haliotis sp. nov., isolated from the intestine of abalone, Haliotis discus hannai and emendation of description of the genus Paraferrimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:5062-5066. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Shewanellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; CIP: 1; MCCC: 1.

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
    Paraferrimonas haliotis Huang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Paraferrimonas sedimenticola Khan and Harayama 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ferrimonadaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Khan ST, Harayama S. Paraferrimonas sedimenticola gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium of the family Ferrimonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1493-1498.

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