Name: Pseudostreptobacillus Eisenberg et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.strep.to.ba.cil’lus. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Streptobacillus, a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudostreptobacillus, false Streptobacillus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pseudostreptobacill-), pse͡u-do-strep-to-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Pseudostreptobacillus hongkongensis (Woo et al. 2014) Eisenberg et al. 2020

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Blom J, Kampfer P. Proposal to reclassify Streptobacillus hongkongensis into a novel genus as Pseudostreptobacillus hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2366-2368. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4050-4060.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic 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 Streptobacillus Levaditi et al. 1925 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Woo PC, Wu AK, Tsang CC, Leung KW, Ngan AH, Curreem SO, Lam KW, Chen JH, Chan JF, Lau SK. Streptobacillus hongkongensis sp. nov., isolated from patients with quinsy and septic arthritis, and emended descriptions of the genus Streptobacillus and Streptobacillus moniliformis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3034-3039. 🇭🇰
  • ❗ Pseudostreptobacillus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1; NCTC: 1.

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
    Pseudostreptobacillus hongkongensis (Woo et al. 2014) Eisenberg et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Leptotrichiaceae Staley and Whitman 2012

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Glaeser SP, Blom J, Kampfer P. Proposal to reclassify Streptobacillus hongkongensis into a novel genus as Pseudostreptobacillus hongkongensis gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2366-2368. 🇩🇪

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