Name: Polynucleobacter Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Po.ly.nuc’le.o.bac.ter. Gr. masc. adj. polys, numerous; L. masc. n. nucleus, nut, kernel; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Polynucleobacter, rod with many nucleoids

Gender: masculine (stem: Polynucleobacter-)

Type species: Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heckmann K, Schmidt HJ. Polynucleobacter necessarius gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately endosymbiotic bacterium living in the cytoplasm of Euplotes aediculatus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:456-457.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hahn et al. 2009 Hahn MW, Lang E, Brandt U, Wu QL, Scheuerl T. Emended description of the genus Polynucleobacter and the species Polynucleobacter necessarius and proposal of two subspecies, P. necessarius subsp. necessarius subsp. nov. and P. necessarius subsp. asymbioticus subsp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2002-2009. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

• Notes:
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Holosporaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Polymucleobacter"; "Polynucleoba"; "Polynucleobacteria".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hahn et al. (2012), Hahn et al. (2022). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 30; CIP: 15; JCM: 13; LMG: 5; ATCC: 1.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "POBR" 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: 31
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 31
Total number of child taxa: 31

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Polynucleobacter acidiphobus Hahn et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter aenigmaticus Hahn et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter alcilacus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter antarcticus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter arcticus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter asymbioticus (Hahn et al. 2009) Hahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter bastaniensis Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter brandtiae Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter campilacus Hahn et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter corsicus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter cosmopolitanus Hahn et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter difficilis Hahn et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter duraquae Hahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter finlandensis Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter hallstattensis Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter hirudinilacicola Hahn et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter ibericus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter kasalickyi Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter meluiroseus Pitt et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter necessarius Heckmann and Schmidt 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter nymphae Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter paludilacus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter paneuropaeus Hoetzinger et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter parvulilacunae Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter rarus Hahn et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter sinensis Hahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter sphagniphilus Hahn et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter tropicus Hahn et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter victoriensis Hahn et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter wuianus Hahn et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Polynucleobacter yangtzensis Hahn et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Burkholderiaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Burkholderiaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 575.

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