Name: Phenylobacterium Lingens et al. 1985

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Phe.ny.lo.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. phenyl, the phenyl radical; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Phenylobacterium, phenyl-[utilizing] bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Phenylobacteri-), p^he-ny-lo-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Phenylobacterium immobile Lingens et al. 1985

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lingens F, Blecher R, Blecher H, Blobel F, Eberspächer J, Fröhner C, Görisch H, Görisch H, Layh G. Phenylobacterium immobile gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-negative bacterium that degrades the herbicide chloridazon. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:26-39.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Poindextera" Hallgren et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Emendations:
  • Kanso and Patel 2004 Kanso S, Patel BK. Phenylobacterium lituiforme sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium from a subsurface aquifer, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2141-2146. 🇦🇺 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Tiago et al. 2005 Tiago I, Mendes V, Pires C, Morais PV, Verssimo A. Phenylobacterium falsum sp. nov., an Alphaproteobacterium isolated from a nonsaline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:295-302. 🇵🇹 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 3. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:11.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Zhang et al. 2007 Zhang K, Han W, Zhang R, Xu X, Pan Q, Hu X. Phenylobacterium zucineum sp. nov., a facultative intracellular bacterium isolated from a human erythroleukemia cell line K562. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:207-212. 🇨🇳
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
  • Abraham et al. 2008 Abraham WR, Macedo AJ, Lunsdorf H, Fischer R, Pawelczyk S, Smit J, Vancanneyt M. Phylogeny by a polyphasic approach of the order Caulobacterales, proposal of Caulobacter mirabilis sp. nov., Phenylobacterium haematophilum sp. nov. and Phenylobacterium conjunctum sp. nov., and emendation of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1939-1949. 🇩🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2473-2474.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Oh and Roh 2012 Oh YS, Roh DH. Phenylobacterium muchangponense sp. nov., isolated from beach soil, and emended description of the genus Phenylobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:977-983. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Phenplobacterium"; "Phenylobacte"; "Phenylobacter"; "Phenylobactevium"; "Phenylohacterium"; "Phenylubacterium". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Phenylobacteria".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Khan et al. (2018). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11623 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 13; LMG: 9; KACC: 5; KCTC: 5; CCTCC: 3; ATCC: 3; NBRC: 3; CIP: 3; CGMCC: 3; JCM: 3.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PNBT" 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: 19
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 19
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Phenylobacterium aquaticum Jo et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium composti Weon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium conjunctum Abraham et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium deserti Khan et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium falsum Tiago et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium ferrooxidans Pouder et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium glaciei Thomas et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium haematophilum Abraham et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium hankyongense Choi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium immobile Lingens et al. 1985	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phenylobacterium immobilis" Blecher et al. 1981	not validly published	synonym
    Phenylobacterium koreense Aslam et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium kunshanense Chu et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium lituiforme Kanso and Patel 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phenylobacterium mobile" Ke et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    Phenylobacterium montanum Tang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium muchangponense Oh and Roh 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium panacis Farh et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium parvum Baek et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium soli Li et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Phenylobacterium terrae Khan et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Phenylobacterium zucineum" Zhang et al. 2007	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Caulobacteraceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Aslam Z, Im WT, Ten LN, Lee ST. Phenylobacterium koreense sp. nov., isolated from South Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2001-2005. 🇰🇷

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