Genus Sediminicurvatus

Name: Sediminicurvatus León et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.di.mi.ni.cur.va’tus. L. neut. n. sedimen, sediment (gen. sedminis); L. masc. perf. part. curvatus, curved; N.L. masc. n. Sediminicurvatus, a curved rod living in sediment

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Sediminicurvat-), se-di-mi-ni-kur-WA-tus

Type species: Sediminicurvatus halobius (Gong et al. 2023) León et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leon MJ, Vera-Gargallo B, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Integrating genomic evidence for an updated taxonomy of the bacterial genus Spiribacter. Sci Rep 2024; 14:30057. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

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 Spiribacter León et al. 2014. Publication: Gong Y, Ma L, Du Z-Z, Zheng W-S, Lu D-C, et al. Spiribacter halobius sp. nov., a novel halophilic Gammaproteobacterium with a relatively large genome. Front Mar Sci 2022; 9:1028967. 🇨🇳
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03596 (N = 1).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; MCCC: 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
    Sediminicurvatus halobius (Gong et al. 2023) León et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Ectothiorhodospiraceae Imhoff 1984

Assigned by: Leon MJ, Vera-Gargallo B, de la Haba RR, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Integrating genomic evidence for an updated taxonomy of the bacterial genus Spiribacter. Sci Rep 2024; 14:30057. 🇪🇸

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