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Genus Pseudogemmobacter
Name: Pseudogemmobacter Suman et al. 2019
Etymology: Pseu.do.gem.mo.bac’ter. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Gemmobacter, genus of Gram-stain-negative bacteria from the Rhodobacteraceae family; N.L. masc. n. Pseudogemmobacter, false Gemmobacter
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pseudogemmobacter-), pse͡u-do-gem-mo-BAK-ter
Type species: Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus Suman et al. 2019
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Suman J, Zubrova A, Rojikova K, Pechar R, Svec P, Cajthaml T, Ulbrich P, Ridl J, Strnad H, Uhlik O. Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon from the Rhodobacteraceae family isolated from heavy-metal-contaminated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2401-2407. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3315-3317.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Fuscovulum Suresh et al. 2020 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Ma et al. 2022
Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Liu C, Yang M, Bian D, Li Y. Reclassification of 11 Members of the Family Rhodobacteraceae at Genus and Species Levels and Proposal of Pseudogemmobacter hezensis sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:849695.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 37. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5696.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Ma et al. 2022
Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Liu C, Yang M, Bian D, Li Y. Reclassification of 11 Members of the Family Rhodobacteraceae at Genus and Species Levels and Proposal of Pseudogemmobacter hezensis sp. nov. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:849695.
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Notes:
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🧕 Suman et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Suman J, Zubrova A, Rojikova K, Pechar R, Svec P, Cajthaml T, Ulbrich P, Ridl J, Strnad H, Uhlik O. Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon from the Rhodobacteraceae family isolated from heavy-metal-contaminated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2401-2407.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Dogemmobacter".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; KCTC: 2; LMG: 2; CIP: 2; NCAIM: 1; IFO: 1; BCRC: 1; ATCC: 1; NCIMB: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧕 Suman et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Suman J, Zubrova A, Rojikova K, Pechar R, Svec P, Cajthaml T, Ulbrich P, Ridl J, Strnad H, Uhlik O. Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel taxon from the Rhodobacteraceae family isolated from heavy-metal-contaminated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2401-2407.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pseudogemmobacter blasticus (Eckersley and Dow 1981) Huang et al. 2024 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudogemmobacter bohemicus Suman et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudogemmobacter faecipullorum Lin et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudogemmobacter hezensis Ma et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pseudogemmobacter humi (Kämpfer et al. 2019) Ma et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP synonym "Pseudogemmobacter lacusdianii" Deng et al. 2024 not validly published preferred name Pseudogemmobacter sonorensis Lange-Enyedi et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Paracoccaceae Liang et al. 2022
Assigned by:
Goker M. Filling the gaps: missing taxon names at the ranks of class, order and family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5638.
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Record number: 4872
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