Name: Piscinibacterium Sheu et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pis.ci.ni.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. piscina, a pond; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Piscinibacterium, a rod from a pond

Gender, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Piscinibacteri-), pis-ki-ni-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum Sheu et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Li YS, Chen WM. Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the order Burkholderiales isolated from a fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5260-5267.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. 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.
  • 🧕 Ludwig et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family "Colwellaceae". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; BCRC: 1; LMG: 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
    Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum Sheu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Colwelliaceae Ivanova et al. 2004

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Li YS, Chen WM. Piscinibacterium candidicorallinum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the order Burkholderiales isolated from a fish pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5260-5267.

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