Name: Pleomorphomonas Xie and Yokota 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ple.o.mor.pho’mo.nas. N.L. masc. adj. pleomorphus, pleomorphic; from Gr. masc. adj. pleôs, full; from Gr. fem. n. morphê, form, shape; L. fem. n. monas, monad, unit; N.L. fem. n. Pleomorphomonas, pleomorphic monad

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Pleomorphomonad-), ple-o-mor-P^HO-mo-nas

Type species: Pleomorphomonas oryzae Xie and Yokota 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Pleomorphomonas oryzae gen. nov., sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from paddy soil of Oryza sativa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1233-1237. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Esquivel-Elizondo et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Methylocystaceae Bowman 2006. Publication: Esquivel-Elizondo S, Maldonado J, Krajmalnik-Brown R. Anaerobic carbon monoxide metabolism by Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha sp. nov., a new mesophilic hydrogenogenic carboxydotroph. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2018; 94:fiy056. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; ATCC: 2; NBRC: 2; IAM: 1; JCM: 1; KACC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pleomorphomonas carboxyditropha Esquivel-Elizondo et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pleomorphomonas diazotrophica Madhaiyan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pleomorphomonas koreensis Im et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pleomorphomonas oryzae Xie and Yokota 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pleomorphomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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