Name: Schleiferibacter Heng and Kittelmann 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Schle.i.fe.ri.bac’ter. N.L. masc. n. Schleiferibacter, named in honour of Professor Karl Heinz Schleifer, a microbiologist who contributed to the description of the first species of this genus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Schleiferibacter-), s͡hle-i-fe-ri-BAK-ter

Type species: Schleiferibacter lacticifex (Schleifer et al. 1990) Heng and Kittelmann 2026

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heng YC, Kittelmann S. Taxonomic reclassification and expansion of the family Selenomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7178. 🇸🇬

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7223.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Selenomonas von Prowazek 1913 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Schleifer KH, Leuteritz M, Weiss N, Ludwig W, Kirchhof G, Seidel-Rufer H. Taxonomic study of anaerobic, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria from breweries: emended description of Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus and description of Pectinatus frisingensis sp. nov., Selenomonas lacticifex sp. nov., Zymophilus raffinosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., and Zymophilus paucivorans sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:19-27. 🇩🇪
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

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
    Schleiferibacter lacticifex (Schleifer et al. 1990) Heng and Kittelmann 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015

Assigned by: Heng YC, Kittelmann S. Taxonomic reclassification and expansion of the family Selenomonadaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7178. 🇸🇬

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