Genus Paucibacter

Name: Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. 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

Type species: Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

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.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

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.

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: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Paucibacter aquatile" Nam et al. 2018	not validly published
Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Paucibacter toxinivorans Rapala et al. 2005	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: 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.

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