Name: Pontibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pon.ti.bac’ter. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. baktron, rod; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacter, a marine bacterium

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pontibacter-), pon-ti-BAK-ter

Type species: Pontibacter actiniarum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Suzuki M, Shevchenko LS, Lee MS, Lee KH, Park MS, Frolova GM, Oh HW, Bae KS, et al. Pontibacter actiniarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and proposal of Reichenbachiella gen. nov. as a replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic name Reichenbachia Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2583-2588. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Effluviibacter Suresh et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Wang et al. 2010 Wang Y, Zhang K, Cai F, Zhang L, Tang Y, Dai J, Fang C. Pontibacter xinjiangensis sp. nov., in the phylum 'Bacteroidetes', and reclassification of [Effluviibacter] roseus as Pontibacter roseus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:99-103. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
  • Subhash et al. 2013 Subhash Y, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Erythrobacter odishensis sp. nov. and Pontibacter odishensis sp. nov. isolated from dry soil of a solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4524-4532. 🇮🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Osman et al. 2018 Osman G, Wang Z, Wang N, Shayimu G, Hou M, Guo W, Yang X. Pontibacter silvestris sp. nov., isolated from the soil of a Populus euphratica forest and emended description of the genus Pontibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3243-3247. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25. 🇺🇸
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Osman et al. (2018), Cao et al. (2014), Singh et al. (2017), Dai et al. (2014), Kim et al. (2018). 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: KCTC: 34; NBRC: 14; CCTCC: 14; JCM: 9; DSM: 8; MCC: 6; CGMCC: 6; CCM: 5; MCCC: 5; NRRL: 5.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 50
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 50
Total number of child taxa: 58

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pontibacter actiniarum Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter akesuensis Zhou et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter altruii" Roiko et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter amylolyticus Wu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter anaerobius" Ma et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter aquaedesilientis Chhetri and Seo 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter arcticus Liu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter aurantiacus Singh et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter aydingkolensis Osman et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter beigongshangensis Xu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter brevis Osman et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter burrus Park et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter cellulosilyticus Kang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter chinhatensis Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter chitinilyticus Chhetri et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter coccineus Park et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter deserti Subhash et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter diazotrophicus Xu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter fetidus" Park et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter flavimaris Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter harenae Osman et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter humi Srinivasan et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter humidus Park et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter indicus Singh et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter jeungdoensis" Joung et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter kalidii Wang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter korlensis Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter liquoris Guo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter litorisediminis Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter locisalis Zhou et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter lucknowensis Dwivedi et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter mangrovi Mo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter mucosus Nayyar et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter niistensis Dastager et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter odishensis Subhash et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter oryzae Chhetri et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter pamirensis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter populi Xu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter pudoricolor" Maeng et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter qinzhouensis Shi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter ramchanderi Singh et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter rhizosphera" Raichand et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter roseus (Suresh et al. 2006) Wang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter ruber Subhash et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter rufus Park et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter rugosus Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter russatus" Maeng et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter saemangeumensis Kang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Pontibacter salisaro" Joung et al. 2011	not validly published	preferred name
    Pontibacter silvestris Osman et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter soli Dai et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter terrae Kim et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter toksunensis Zhang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter ummariensis Mahato et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter virosus Kohli et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter vulgaris Guo et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter xinjiangensis Wang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacter yuliensis Cao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Hymenobacteraceae Munoz et al. 2016

Assigned by: Munoz R, Rossello-Mora R, Amann R. Revised phylogeny of Bacteroidetes and proposal of sixteen new taxa and two new combinations including Rhodothermaeota phyl. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:281-296. 🇪🇸

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