Name: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.lo.bac’ter. Gr. masc. n. pêlos, mud; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Pelobacter, a mud-inhabiting rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pelobacter-), pe-lo-BAK-ter

Type species: Pelobacter acidigallici Schink and Pfennig 1983

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schink B, Pfennig N. Fermentation of trihydroxybenzenes by Pelobacter acidigallici gen. nov. sp. nov., a new strictly anaerobic, non-spore-forming bacterium. Arch. Microbiol. 1982; 133:195-201. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 12. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1983; 33:896-897.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudopelobacter" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
    Seleniibacterium Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Pelobacteraceae" Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016. 🇳🇿
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Pelobacteraceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: 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. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Greene et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006. Publication: Greene AC, Patel BK, Yacob S. Geoalkalibacter subterraneus sp. nov., an anaerobic Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing bacterium from a petroleum reservoir, and emended descriptions of the family Desulfuromonadaceae and the genus Geoalkalibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:781-785. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Holmes et al. (2004) assigned this genus to the family Geobacteraceae Holmes et al. 2004. Publication: Holmes DE, Nevin KP, Lovley DR. Comparison of 16S rRNA, nifD, recA, gyrB, rpoB and fusA genes within the family Geobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1591-1599. 🇺🇸
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pclobacter"; "Pefobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Schink (1985). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 7; NBRC: 4; ATCC: 4.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PEBT" 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: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pelobacter acetylenicus Schink 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelobacter acidigallici Schink and Pfennig 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelobacter carbinolicus Schink 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Pelobacter massiliensis Schnell et al. 1991	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelobacter propionicus Schink 1984	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelobacter seleniigenes Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pelobacter venetianus Schink and Stieb 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Khomyakova MA, Merkel AY, Kopitsyn DS, Slobodkin AI. Pelovirga terrestris gen. nov., sp. nov., anaerobic, alkaliphilic, fumarate-, arsenate-, Fe(III)- and sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from a terrestrial mud volcano. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126304. 🇷🇺

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