Name: Pyramidobacter Downes et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Py.ra.mi.do.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. pyramis (gen. pyramidos), pyramid; Gr. fem. n. pyramis, pyramid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Pyramidobacter, a rod that forms pyramid-like colonies

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pyramidobacter-), py-ra-mi-do-BAK-ter

Type species: Pyramidobacter piscolens Downes et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Downes J, Vartoukian SR, Dewhirst FE, Izard J, Chen T, Yu WH, Sutcliffe IC, Wade WG. Pyramidobacter piscolens gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum 'Synergistetes' isolated from the human oral cavity. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:972-980.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Honda et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Synergistaceae Jumas-Bilak et al. 2009. Publication: Honda T, Fujita T, Tonouchi A. Aminivibrio pyruvatiphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, amino-acid-degrading bacterium from soil of a Japanese rice field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3679-3686.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pyramydobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; JCM: 2; CCUG: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pyramidobacter arthritidis Huang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyramidobacter piscolens Downes et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Pyramidobacter porci Wylensek et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Dethiosulfovibrionaceae Pradel et al. 2023

Assigned by: Pradel N, Fardeau ML, Bunk B, Sproer C, Boedeker C, Wolf J, Neumann-Schaal M, Pester M, Spring S. Aminithiophilus ramosus gen. nov., sp. nov., a sulphur-reducing bacterium isolated from a pyrite-forming enrichment culture, and taxonomic revision of the family Synergistaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5691.

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