Name: Pedomicrobium Aristovskaya 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.do.mi.cro’bi.um. Gr. neut. n. pedon, ground, earth soil; N.L. neut. n. microbium, microbe; N.L. neut. n. Pedomicrobium, soil microbe

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Pedomicrobi-), pe-do-mi-KRO-bi-um

Type species: Pedomicrobium ferrugineum Aristovskaya 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Aristovskaya TV. Accumulation of iron by decomposing organo-mineral complexes of humid matter by microorganisms. Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 1961; 136:954-957.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gebers 1981 Gebers R. Enrichment, isolation, and emended description of Pedomicrobium ferrugineum Aristovskaya and Pedomicrobium manganicum Aristovskaya. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:302-316.
  • Gebers and Beese 1988 Gebers R, Beese M. Pedomicrobium americanum sp. nov. and Pedomicrobium australicum sp. nov. from aquatic habitats, Pedomicrobium gen. emend., and Pedomicrobium ferrugineum sp. emend. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:303-315.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pedamicrobium"; "Pedomjcrobium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Pedomicrobia".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PDMI" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pedomicrobium americanum Gebers and Beese 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedomicrobium australicum Gebers and Beese 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedomicrobium ferrugineum Aristovskaya 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pedomicrobium manganicum Aristovskaya 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1.

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