Name: Prosthecodimorpha Vasilyeva et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pros.the.co.di.mor’pha. Gr. fem. n. prosthêkê, appendage; Gr. masc./fem. adj. dimorphos, two-formed; N.L. fem. n. Prosthecodimorpha, an appendaged dimorphic organism

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Prosthecodimorph-), pros-t^he-ko-di-MOR-p^ha

Type species: Prosthecodimorpha hirschii (Staley 1984) Vasilyeva et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, et al. Erratum to: Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., novel prosthecate bacteria within the family Ancalomicrobiaceae and reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2024; 93:989-990. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Prosthecodimorpha" Vasilyeva et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Prosthecomicrobium Staley 1968 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Staley JT. Prosthecomicrobium hirschii, a new species in a redefined genus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:304-308. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Prosthecodimorpha" Vasilyeva et al. 2022. Publication: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, Pimenov N. Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., Novel Prosthecate Bacteria within the Family Ancalomicrobiaceae and Reclassification of the Polyphyletic Genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2022; 91:479-488. 🇷🇺
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: UQM: 2; DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; VKM: 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
    Prosthecodimorpha hirschii (Staley 1984) Vasilyeva et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Prosthecodimorpha staleyi Vasilyeva et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ancalomicrobiaceae Dahal et al. 2018

Assigned by: Vasilyeva L, Grouzdev D, Koziaeva V, Berestovskaya Y, Novikov A, et al. Erratum to: Prosthecodimorpha staleyi gen. nov., sp. nov., novel prosthecate bacteria within the family Ancalomicrobiaceae and reclassification of the polyphyletic genus Prosthecomicrobium. Microbiology 2024; 93:989-990. 🇷🇺

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