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Name: Phytobacter Zhang et al. 2017
Etymology: Phy.to’bac.ter. Gr. neut. n. phyton, of plant; N.L. masc. n. bacter, bacterium; N.L. masc. n. Phytobacter, bacterium from plant, referring to the endophytic origin of the bacterium
Gender: masculine (stem: Phytobacter-)
Type species: Phytobacter diazotrophicus Zhang et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Zhang GX, Peng GX, Wang ET, Yan H, Yuan QH, Zhang W, Lou X, Wu H, Tan ZY. Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:431-439.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Metakosakonia Alnajar and Gupta 2017 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
Phytobacter diazotrophicus Zhang et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Phytobacter massiliensis (Lagier et al. 2014) Ma et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Phytobacter palmae Madhaiyan et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Phytobacter ursingii Pillonetto et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Enterobacteriaceae Rahn 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Zhang GX, Peng GX, Wang ET, Yan H, Yuan QH, Zhang W, Lou X, Wu H, Tan ZY. Diverse endophytic nitrogen-fixing bacteria isolated from wild rice Oryza rufipogon and description of Phytobacter diazotrophicus gen. nov. sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 2008; 189:431-439.
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Record number: 517838