Name: Parazoarcus Huang et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Par.a.zo.ar’cus. Gr. prep. para, beside; N.L. masc. n. Azoarcus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Parazoarcus, beside Azoarcus

Gender: masculine (stem: Parazoarc-)

Type species: Parazoarcus communis (Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993) Huang et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993. Publication: Reinhold-Hurek B, Hurek T, Gillis M, Hoste B, Vancanneyt M, Kersters K, De Ley J. Azoarcus gen. nov., nitrogen-fixing proteobacteria associated with roots of kallar grass (Leptochloa fusca (L.) Kunth) and description of two species, Azoarcus indigens sp. nov. and Azoarcus communis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1993; 43:574-584.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02870 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 2; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Parazoarcus communis (Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993) Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.

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