Name: Pseudazoarcus Huang et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseud.a.zo.ar’cus. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Azoarcus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudazoarcus, false Azoarcus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pseudazoarc-), pse͡ud-a-zo-AR-kus

Type species: Pseudazoarcus pumilus (Fu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Aromatoleum Rabus et al. 2019. Publication: Liao H, Qu M, Hou X, Lin X, Li H, Duan CS, Tian Y. Nitrogeniibacter mangrovi gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic and aerobic denitrifying betaproteobacterium and reclassification of Azoarcus pumilus as Aromatoleum pumilum comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4946.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Azoarcus Reinhold-Hurek et al. 1993. Publication: Fu GY, Yu XY, Yu XD, Zhao Z, Chen C, Wang RJ, Wu M, Zhang XQ. Azoarcus pumilus sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Sanya, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1459-1464.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02692 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudazoarcus pumilus (Fu et al. 2019) Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Zoogloeaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Huang Z, Liu R, Chen F, Lai Q, Oren A, Shao Z. Nitrogeniibacter aestuarii sp. nov., a Novel Nitrogen-Fixing Bacterium Affiliated to the Family Zoogloeaceae and Phylogeny of the Family Zoogloeaceae Revisited. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:755908.

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