Name: Renibacterium Sanders and Fryer 1980

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: L. pl. n. renes, the kidneys; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Renibacterium, kidney bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type species: Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanders JE, Fryer JL. Renibacterium salmoninarum gen. nov., sp. nov., the causative agent of bacterial kidney disease in salmonid fishes. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1980; 30:496-502.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Goodfellow and Williams (1983) assigned this genus to the uncategorized "Actinobacteria" Goodfellow and Williams 1983. Publication: Goodfellow M, Williams ST. Ecology of Actinomycetes. Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1983; 37:189-216.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Renibacterium salmoninarum Sanders and Fryer 1980	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Micrococcaceae Pribram 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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