Name: Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pau.ci.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Paucibacter, a rod that is content with a few carbon sources

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Paucibacter-), pa͡u-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rapala J, Berg KA, Lyra C, Niemi RM, Manz W, Suomalainen S, Paulin L, Lahti K. Paucibacter toxinivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a bacterium that degrades cyclic cyanobacterial hepatotoxins microcystins and nodularin. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1563-1568. 🇫🇮

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Mitsuaria Amakata et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kinneretia Gomila et al. 2010	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Pheng et al. 2017 Pheng S, Lee JJ, Eom MK, Lee KH, Kim SG. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2231-2235. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Pheng et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991. Publication: Pheng S, Lee JJ, Eom MK, Lee KH, Kim SG. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2231-2235. 🇰🇷
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Burkholderiales Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648. 🇩🇪
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999. Publication: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳
  • ❗ Paucibacter 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: KACC: 3; LMG: 2; KCCM: 2; HAMBI: 1; KCTC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 1; NBRC: 1; CICC: 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: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Paucibacter aquatile" Nam et al. 2018	not validly published	synonym
    Paucibacter hankyongi Siddiqi and Im 2025	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Paucibacter sediminis Jung et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    Paucibacter soli Siddiqi and Im 2025	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Sphaerotilaceae Liu et al. 2023

Assigned by: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

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