Name: Pusillimonas Stolz et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pu.sil.li.mo’nas. 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

Gender: feminine (stem: Pusillimonad-)

Type species: Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Kitahara et al. (2021) assigned this genus to the family Ruminococcaceae Rainey 2010. Publication: Kitahara M, Shigeno Y, Shime M, Matsumoto Y, Nakamura S, Motooka D, Fukuoka S, Nishikawa H, Benno Y. Vescimonas gen. nov., Vescimonas coprocola sp. nov., Vescimonas fastidiosa sp. nov., Pusillimonas gen. nov. and Pusillimonas faecalis sp. nov. isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5066.
  • 🧕 Tindall (2019) assigned this genus to the family Oscillospiraceae Peshkoff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. The names Hungateiclostridium Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium thermocellum (Viljoen et al. 1926) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium cellulolyticum (Patel et al. 1980) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium aldrichii (Yang et al. 1990) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium alkalicellulosi (Zhilina et al. 2006) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium clariflavum (Shiratori et al. 2009) Zhang et al. 2018, Hungateiclostridium straminisolvens (Kato et al. 2004) Zhang et al. 2018 and Hungateiclostridium saccincola (Koeck et al. 2016) Zhang et al. 2018 contravene Rule 51b of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes and require replacement names in the genus Acetivibrio Patel et al. 1980. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3927-3932.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Pusillimonas Kitahara et al. 2021.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kitahara et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; JCM: 4; DSM: 4; NBRC: 2; KACC: 2; B: 1; CGMCC: 1; NCIMB: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pusillimonas caeni Jin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas ginsengisoli Srinivasan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Pusillimonas harenae Park et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas maritima Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Pusillimonas minor Yao et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas noertemannii Stolz et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas soli Lee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pusillimonas thiosulfatoxidans Koh et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	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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