Name: Rarobacter Yamamoto et al. 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ra.ro.bac’ter. L. masc. adj. rarus, rare, extraordinary, remarkable, curious; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Rarobacter, curious rod

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Rarobacter-), ra-ro-BAK-ter

Type species: Rarobacter faecitabidus Yamamoto et al. 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yamamoto N, Sato SI, Saito K, Hasuo T, Tadenuma M, Suzuki KI, Tamaoka J, Komagata K. Rarobacter faecitabidus gen. nov., sp. nov., a yeast-lysing coryneform bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:7-11.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Salam et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Promicromonosporaceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Salam N, Jiao JY, Zhang XT, Li WJ. Update on the classification of higher ranks in the phylum Actinobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1331-1355.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the family Cellulomonadaceae Stackebrandt and Prauser 1991. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 3; DSM: 2; IFO: 2; CIP: 2; JCM: 2; ATCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RABT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Rarobacter faecitabidus Yamamoto et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rarobacter incanus Yamamoto et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Rarobacteraceae Stackebrandt and Schumann 2000

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Schumann P. Description of Bogoriellaceae fam. nov., Dermacoccaceae fam. nov., Rarobacteraceae fam. nov. and Sanguibacteraceae fam. nov. and emendation of some families of the suborder Micrococcineae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1279-1285.

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