Name: Parapedobacter Kim et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.pe.do.bac’ter. Gr. prep. para, like, beside; N.L. masc. n. Pedobacter, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Parapedobacter, like Pedobacter, referring to the close relationship to the genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Parapedobacter-), pa-ra-pe-do-BAK-ter

Type species: Parapedobacter koreensis Kim et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim MK, Na JR, Cho DH, Soung NK, Yang DC. Parapedobacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1336-1341. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Zhao et al. 2013 Zhao JK, Li XM, Zhang MJ, Jin JH, Jiang CY, Liu SJ. Parapedobacter pyrenivorans sp. nov., isolated from a pyrene-degrading microbial enrichment, and emended description of the genus Parapedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3994-3999. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Parapadobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; DSM: 4; CGMCC: 4; LMG: 3; JCM: 3; KACC: 3; NBRC: 2; MCC: 1; ACCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Parapedobacter brassicae Kämpfer et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter composti Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter defluvii Yang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter deserti Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Parapedobacter flavus" Wang et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Parapedobacter indicus Kumar et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter koreensis Kim et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter luteus Kim et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter lycopersici Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter pyrenivorans Zhao et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter soli Kim et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parapedobacter tibetensis Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998

Assigned by: Kim MK, Na JR, Cho DH, Soung NK, Yang DC. Parapedobacter koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1336-1341. 🇰🇷

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