Genus Pedobacter

Name: Pedobacter Steyn et al. 1998

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. n. pedon, the ground, earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Pedobacter, rod from soil

Gender: masculine

Type species: Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Vanparys et al. 2005 Vanparys B, Heylen K, Lebbe L, De Vos P. Pedobacter caeni sp. nov., a novel species isolated from a nitrifying inoculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1315-1318. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Hwang et al. 2006 Hwang CY, Choi DH, Cho BC. Pedobacter roseus sp. nov., isolated from a hypertrophic pond, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1831-1836. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Gallego et al. 2006 Gallego V, Garcia MT, Ventosa A. Pedobacter aquatilis sp. nov., isolated from drinking water, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1853-1858. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Zhou et al. 2012 Zhou Z, Jiang F, Wang S, Peng F, Dai J, Li W, Fang C. Pedobacter arcticus sp. nov., a facultative psychrophile isolated from Arctic soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Pedobacter, Pedobacter heparinus, Pedobacter daechungensis, Pedobacter terricola, Pedobacter glucosidilyticus and Pedobacter lentus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1963-1969. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Farfán et al. 2014 Farfan M, Montes MJ, Marques AM. Reclassification of Sphingobacterium antarcticum Shivaji et al. 1992 as Pedobacter antarcticus comb. nov. and Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998 as a later heterotypic synonym of Pedobacter antarcticus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:863-868. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Kook et al. 2014 Kook M, Park Y, Yi TH. Pedobacter jejuensis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a pine grove, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1789-1794. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Du et al. 2015 Du J, Singh H, Ngo HT, Won KH, Kim KY, Yi TH. Pedobacter daejeonensis sp. nov. and Pedobacter trunci sp. nov., isolated from an ancient tree trunk, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1241-1246. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
- Wei et al. 2018 Wei Y, Wang B, Zhang L, Zhang J, Chen S. Pedobacter yulinensis sp. nov., isolated from sandy soil, and emended description of the genus Pedobacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2523-2529. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3394-3396.
  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 Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Korn ED, Payza AN. The degradation of heparin by bacterial enzymes. I. Adaptation and lyophilized cells. J Biol Chem 1956; 223:853-858.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P. Description and taxonomic status of Cytophaga heparina (Payza and Korn) comb. nov. (Basionym: Flavobacterium heparinum Payza and Korn 1956). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:473-475.
- The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sphingobacterium Yabuuchi et al. 1983. Publication: Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Proposals of Sphingobacterium faecium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium piscium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium heparinum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium thalpophilum comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingobacterium and synonymy of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 38:465-482.
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Pedobacer".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 86
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 95
Total number of child taxa: 106

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Pedobacter africanus Steyn et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter agri Roh et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter agrisoli Cui et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter alluvionis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter alpinus Li et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter antarcticus (Shivaji et al. 1992) Farfán et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter aquatilis Gallego et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter aquicola Joung et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter arcticus Zhou et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ardleyensis Da et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter bambusae" Won et al. 2015	not validly published
Pedobacter bauzanensis Zhang et al. 2010	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter borealis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter boryungensis Jung et al. 2012	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter caeni Vanparys et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter changchengzhani He et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter chinensis Zhou et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter chitinilyticus Zhang et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter composti Lee et al. 2009	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter cryoconitis Margesin et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter cryophilus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter cryotolerans Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter daechungensis An et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter daejeonensis Du et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter duraquae Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter edaphicus Singh et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter frigidisoli Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter frigiditerrae Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter frigoris Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ginsengisoli Ten et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ginsengiterrae Hoang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ginsenosidimutans Yang et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter glacialis Qiu et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter glucosidilyticus Luo et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter hainanensis" Meng et al. 2013	not validly published
Pedobacter hartonius Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter helvus Hu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter hiemivivus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter himalayensis Shivaji et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter huanghensis Qiu et al. 2014	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter humi Trinh and Yi 2016	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter humicola Dahal and Kim 2016	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter indicus" He et al. 2020	not validly published
Pedobacter insulae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter jamesrossensis Švec et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter jejuensis Kook et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter jeongneungensis" Jung and Park 2012	not validly published
Pedobacter koreensis Baik et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter kyonggii Chaudhary et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter kyungheensis Yang et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter lentus Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter lignilitoris Park et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter lithocola Švec et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter lotistagni Singh et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter lusitanus Covas et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter luteus Oh et al. 2013	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter lycopersici Cho et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter mendelii Švec et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter metabolipauper Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter miscanthi Chen et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter mongoliensis Yuan et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter namyangjuensis" Kim et al. 2013	not validly published
Pedobacter nanyangensis Zhang et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter nototheniae Kämpfer et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter nutrimenti Derichs et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter nyackensis Gordon et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter oryzae Jeon et al. 2009	validly published	synonym
"Pedobacter panacis" Singh et al. 2017	not validly published
Pedobacter panaciterrae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter petrophilus Švec et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter piscium (Takeuchi and Yokota 1993) Steyn et al. 1998	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter pituitosus Chun et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter polaris Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter pollutisoli" Mu et al. 2019	not validly published
Pedobacter psychrodurus Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter psychrophilus Švec et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter psychroterrae Dahal et al. 2020	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter psychrotolerans Manandhar et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter quisquiliarum Zhang et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter rhizosphaerae Kwon et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter rivuli Kang et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter roseus Hwang et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ruber Margesin and Zhang 2013	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter saltans Steyn et al. 1998	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter sandarakinus Yoon et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter schmidteae" Kangale et al. 2020	not validly published
Pedobacter seoulensis Ngo et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter silvilitoris Park et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter soli Kwon et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter solisilvae Yang and Hong 2017	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter steynii Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter suwonensis Kwon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter terrae Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter terricola Yoon et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter tournemirensis Urios et al. 2013	validly published	synonym
Pedobacter trunci Du et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter ureilyticus Ngo et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter vanadiisoli Wang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter westerhofensis Muurholm et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter xinjiangensis" Tang et al. 2010	not validly published
Pedobacter xixiisoli Zeng et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter yonginense" Joung et al. 2010	not validly published
Pedobacter yulinensis Wei et al. 2018	validly published	correct name
Pedobacter zeae Gao et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
"Pedobacter zeaxanthinifaciens" (Asker et al. 2008) Kim et al. 2013	not validly published

Parent taxon: Sphingobacteriaceae Steyn et al. 1998

Assigned by: Steyn PL, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Sandra P, Kersters K, Joubert JJ. Classification of heparinolytic bacteria into a new genus, Pedobacter, comprising four species: Pedobacter heparinus comb. nov., Pedobacter piscium comb. nov., Pedobacter africanus sp. nov. and Pedobacter saltans sp. nov. proposal of the family Sphingobacteriaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:165-177.

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