Genus Prosthecobacter

Name: Prosthecobacter (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: Pros.the.co.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. prosthêkê, appendage; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Prosthecobacter, appendage(d) rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Prosthecobacter-), pros-t^he-ko-BAK-ter

Type species: Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Staley JT, De Bont JAM, De Jonge K. Prosthecobacter fusiformis gen. and sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:595. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Brevifollis Otsuka et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Takeda et al. 2008 Takeda M, Yoneya A, Miyazaki Y, Kondo K, Makita H, Kondoh M, Suzuki I, Koizumi J. Prosthecobacter fluviatilis sp. nov., which lacks the bacterial tubulin btubA and btubB genes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1561-1565. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2247-2248.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Dali et al. 2026 Dali H, Sbissi I, Hamra R, Bouzidi T, ElMay H, Ghodhbane-Gtari F, Gtari M. Phylogenomic and genome-relatedness analyses resolve genus and family boundaries within the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7231. 🇹🇳
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the infraphylum "Opitutae" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Prosethcobacter"; "Prostechobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Prosthecobacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 4; DSM: 4; KCTC: 2; JCM: 2; CIP: 1; KACC: 1; BIM: 1; VKM: 1; NBRC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PTBT" 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Prosthecobacter algae Lee et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter debontii Hedlund et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter dejongeii Hedlund et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Prosthecobacter flavus" Salova et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    Prosthecobacter fluviatilis Takeda et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter fusiformis (ex Staley et al. 1976) Staley et al. 1980	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter gellanilyticus (Otsuka et al. 2013) Dali et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecobacter vanneervenii Hedlund et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Yoon J, Matsuo Y, Adachi K, Nozawa M, Matsuda S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Description of Persicirhabdus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ishigakijimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., Roseibacillus ponti sp. nov., Roseibacillus persicicus sp. nov., Luteolibacter pohnpeiensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Luteolibacter algae sp. nov., six marine members of the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia', and emended descriptions of the class Verrucomicrobiae, the order Verrucomicrobiales and the family Verrucomicrobiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:998-1007. 🇯🇵

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