Name: Protomonas Urakami and Komagata 1984

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pro.to’mo.nas. Gr. masc. adj. prôtos, original; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Protomonas, the original monad

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Protomonad-), pro-TO-mo-nas

Type species: Protomonas extorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984

Valid publication: Urakami T, Komagata K. Protomonas, a new genus of facultatively methylotrophic bacteria. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:188-201.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Methylorubrum Green and Ardley 2018. Publication: Green PN, Ardley JK. Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: a proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2727-2748. 🇦🇺
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 1; IAM: 1; IFO: 1; NCCB: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1; CCUG: 1; NCIMB: 1; VKM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of a name already in use in zoology (according to Green and Ardley 2018), Protomonas Haeckel (cited in Engler and Prantl 1900). Publication: Green PN, Ardley JK. Review of the genus Methylobacterium and closely related organisms: a proposal that some Methylobacterium species be reclassified into a new genus, Methylorubrum gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2727-2748. 🇦🇺
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "PTMN" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Protomonas extorquens (ex Bassalik 1913) Urakami and Komagata 1984	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Methylobacteriaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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