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Genus Profundibacterium
Name: Profundibacterium Lai et al. 2013
Etymology: Pro.fun.di.bac.te’ri.um. L. neut. adj. profundum, the depths of the sea; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, staff, rod and, in biology, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Profundibacterium, a bacterium from the depths of the sea
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Profundibacteri-), pro-fun-di-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Profundibacterium mesophilum Lai et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Profundibacterium" Lai 2012 homotypic synonym, not validly published
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Notes:
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🧕 Lai et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012. 🇭🇰
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Profundibacterium" Lai 2012. Publication: Lai PY. Novel bacteria from the Red Sea. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, 2012.
- 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Profundibacteria".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; NRRL: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Lai et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Lai PY, Miao L, Lee OO, Liu LL, Zhou XJ, Xu Y, Al-Suwailem A, Qian PY. Profundibacterium mesophilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member in the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from deep-sea sediment in the Red Sea, Saudi Arabia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1007-1012.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Profundibacterium mesophilum Lai et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 518321
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