Name: Parashewanella Xu et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.she.wa.nel’la. Gr. pref. para-, beside; N.L. fem. dim. n. Shewanella, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. dim. n. Parashewanella, beside Shewanella

Gender: feminine (stem: Parashewanell-)

Type species: Parashewanella spongiae (Yang et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu S, Yu K, Su H, Chen B, Huang W, Liang J, Wang Y, Wang G. Proposal of Parashewanella gen. nov. to accommodate Parashewanella curva sp. nov. and Parashewanella spongiae comb. nov. in the Shewanellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1259-1264.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2177-2178.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Namirimu et al. 2019 Namirimu T, Park MJ, Yang SH, Zo YG, Kwon KK. Parashewanella tropica sp. nov., a mesophilic bacterium isolated from a marine sponge from Chuuk lagoon, Federated States of Micronesia, and emended description of the genus Parashewanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3262-3267. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6-8.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Shewanella MacDonell and Colwell 1986. Publication: Yang SH, Kwon KK, Lee HS, Kim SJ. Shewanella spongiae sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2879-2882.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Parashwanella".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 3; KCCM: 2; NRRL: 1; KCTC: 1; LMG: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • A comprehensive whole genome-based taxonomic study of all Shewanella and Parashewanella type strains revealed 48 novel species (represented by 73 sequenced isolates) and proposed the correction of 43 misidentified non-type-strain isolates. Publication: Martin-Rodriguez AJ, Meier-Kolthoff JP. Whole genome-based taxonomy of Shewanella and Parashewanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5438.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Parashewanella curva Xu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parashewanella hymeniacidonis Kim and Park 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Parashewanella irciniae" (Lee et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2019	not validly published
    Parashewanella spongiae (Yang et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Parashewanella tropica Namirimu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Shewanellaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Xu S, Yu K, Su H, Chen B, Huang W, Liang J, Wang Y, Wang G. Proposal of Parashewanella gen. nov. to accommodate Parashewanella curva sp. nov. and Parashewanella spongiae comb. nov. in the Shewanellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1259-1264.

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