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Name: Portibacter Yoon et al. 2014
Etymology: Por.ti.bac’ter. L. gen. masc. n. portus, a harbor, haven, port; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Portibacter, a rod isolated from a harbor
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Portibacter-), por-ti-BAK-ter
Type species: Portibacter lacus Yoon et al. 2014
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Kasai H, Yokota A. Portibacter lacus gen. nov., sp.nov., a new member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from a saline lake. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:191-197.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3603-3606.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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
| Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
|---|---|---|
| Portibacter lacus Yoon et al. 2014 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
| Portibacter marinus Huang et al. 2022 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Lewinellaceae Hahnke et al. 2017
Assigned by:
Huang Z, Hong Q, Lai Q, Zhang Q. Portibacter marinus sp. nov., isolated from the sediment on the surface of plastics and proposal of a novel genus Neolewinella gen. nov. based on the genome-based phylogeny of the family Lewinellaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5561.
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Record number: 518629