Name: Rugamonas Austin and Moss 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ru.ga’mo.nas. L. fem. n. ruga, wrinkle; L. fem. n. monas, unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Rugamonas, wrinkled unit [probably better: Rugimonas]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Rugamonad-), ru-GA-mo-nas

Type species: Rugamonas rubra Austin and Moss 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Austin DA, Moss MO. Numerical taxonomy of red-pigmented bacteria isolated from a lowland river, with the description of a new taxon, Rugamonas rubra gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1986; 132:1899-1909.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 23. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1987; 37:179-180.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Jeon et al. 2021 Jeon D, Kim IS, Choe H, Kim JS, Lee SD. Duganella aceris sp. nov., isolated from tree sap and proposal to transfer of Rugamonas aquatica and Rugamonas rivuli to the genus Duganella as Duganella aquatica comb. nov., with the emended description of the genus Rugamonas. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:2843-2852. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class III. Gammaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part B (The Gammaproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Duganella Hiraishi et al. 1997. Publication: Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076. 🇨🇳
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lu 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07865 (N = 7).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 5; GDMCC: 5; CCM: 2; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1; LMG: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "RGMN" 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 8

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Rugamonas aceris" corrig. Jeon et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Rugamonas apoptosis Lu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas aquatica Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas brunnea Lu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas fusca Lu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas rivuli Lu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas rubra Austin and Moss 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Rugamonas violacea Sedláček et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Jeon D, Kim IS, Choe H, Kim JS, Lee SD. Duganella aceris sp. nov., isolated from tree sap and proposal to transfer of Rugamonas aquatica and Rugamonas rivuli to the genus Duganella as Duganella aquatica comb. nov., with the emended description of the genus Rugamonas. Arch Microbiol 2021; 203:2843-2852. 🇰🇷

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