Name: Pyramidobacter Downes et al. 2009
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: masculine (stem: Pyramidobacter-)
Type species: Pyramidobacter piscolens Downes et al. 2009
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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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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