Name: Sarcobium Drozanski 1991

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sar.co’bi.um. Gr. fem. n. sarx (gen. sarkos), flesh; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Sarcobium, that which lives in the sarcode or flesh [cytoplasm]

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Sarcobi-), sar-KO-bi-um

Type species: Sarcobium lyticum Drozanski 1991

Valid publication: Drozanski WJ. Sarcobium lyticum gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligate intracellular bacterial parasite of small free-living amoebae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:82-87.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 41, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:457-458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Fluoribacter Garrity et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Tatlockia Garrity et al. 1980	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Legionella Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hookey JV, Saunders NA, Fry NK, Birtles RJ, Harrison TG. Phylogeny of Legionellaceae based on small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequences and proposal of Legionella lytica comb. nov. for Legionella-like amoebal pathogens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:526-531. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Sarcobium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: PCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Sarcobium lyticum Drozanski 1991	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Legionellaceae Brenner et al. 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Saini N, Gupta RS. A robust phylogenetic framework for members of the order Legionellales and its main genera (Legionella, Aquicella, Coxiella and Rickettsiella) based on phylogenomic analyses and identification of molecular markers demarcating different clades. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2021; 114:957-982. 🇨🇦

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