Name: Pontibacterium Hyeon et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pon.ti.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Pontibacterium, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a marine environment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Pontibacteri-), pon-ti-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Pontibacterium granulatum Hyeon et al. 2017

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hyeon JW, Kim KH, Chun BH, Jeon CO. Pontibacterium granulatum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3784-3790. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Chen et al. 2023 Chen RY, Chen RJ, Lu DC, Gong Y, Du ZJ. Pontibacterium sinense sp. nov., a nitrate-reducing and thiosulphate-oxidizing bacterium, isolated from coastal sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6018. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Nitrincolaceae Flores-Félix et al. 2026. 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. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1; KACC: 1.

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
    Pontibacterium granulatum Hyeon et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pontibacterium sinense Chen et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005

Assigned by: Hyeon JW, Kim KH, Chun BH, Jeon CO. Pontibacterium granulatum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3784-3790. 🇰🇷

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