Name: Polycladidibacter Hinger et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.ly.cla.di.di.bac’ter. N.L. neut. pl. n. Polycladida, order of marine flatworms; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Polycladidibacter, a rod isolated from a marine flatworm of the order Polycladida

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Polycladidibacter-), po-ly-kla-di-di-BAK-ter

Type species: Polycladidibacter hongkongensis (Xu et al. 2015) Hinger et al. 2024

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hinger I, Ansorge R, Mussmann M, Romano S. Phylogenomic Analyses of Members of the Widespread Marine Heterotrophic Genus Pseudovibrio Suggest Distinct Evolutionary Trajectories and a Novel Genus, Polycladidibacter gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parapolycladidibacter" Park et al. 2025	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Hinger et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Hinger I, Ansorge R, Mussmann M, Romano S. Phylogenomic Analyses of Members of the Widespread Marine Heterotrophic Genus Pseudovibrio Suggest Distinct Evolutionary Trajectories and a Novel Genus, Polycladidibacter gen. nov. Appl Environ Microbiol 2020; 86:0.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pseudovibrio Shieh et al. 2004. Publication: Xu Y, Li Q, Tian R, Lai Q, Zhang Y. Pseudovibrio hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from a marine flatworm. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:127-132.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 2; KCTC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Polycladidibacter hongkongensis (Xu et al. 2015) Hinger et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polycladidibacter stylochi (Zhang et al. 2016) Hinger et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Stappiaceae 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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Record number: 55692