Genus Pelagibaculum

Name: Pelagibaculum Knobloch et al. 2019

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.la.gi.ba’cu.lum. L. neut. n. pelagus, the sea; L. neut. n. baculum, rod, stick; N.L. neut. n. Pelagibaculum, rod-shaped bacterium from the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pelagibacul-), pe-la-gi-BA-ku-lum

Type species: Pelagibaculum spongiae Knobloch et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134. 🇮🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2963-2965.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pelagibaculaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Pelagibaculaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CECT: 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
    Pelagibaculum spongiae Knobloch et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcanivoracaceae corrig. Golyshin et al. 2005

Assigned by: Knobloch S, Daussin A, Johannsson R, Marteinsson V. Pelagibaculum spongiae gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine sponge in South-West Iceland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2129-2134. 🇮🇸

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