Name: Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. pusillus, very small, minute; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Pusillimonas, very small monad, referring to the small size of cells and colonies of the type species

Type species: Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Stolz A, Burger S, Kuhm A, Kampfer P, Busse HJ. Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1077-1081.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Park et al. 2011 Park MS, Park YJ, Jung JY, Lee SH, Park W, Lee K, Jeon CO. Pusillimonas harenae sp. nov., isolated from a sandy beach, and emended description of the genus Pusillimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2901-2906.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pusillimonas caeni Jin et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Pusillimonas ginsengisoli Srinivasan et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Pusillimonas harenae Park et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Pusillimonas soli Lee et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Pusillimonas thiosulfatoxidans Koh et al. 2019	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: Stolz A, Burger S, Kuhm A, Kampfer P, Busse HJ. Pusillimonas noertemannii gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Alcaligenaceae that degrades substituted salicylates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1077-1081.

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