Name: Siphonobacter Táncsics et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Si.pho.no.bac’ter. Gr. masc. n. siphôn -ônos, tube, pipe; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Siphonobacter, rod-shaped bacterium from a pipeline, referring to the source of isolation of the type strain of the type species

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Siphonobacter-), si-p^ho-no-BAK-ter

Type species: Siphonobacter aquaeclarae Táncsics et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tancsics A, Keki Z, Marialigeti K, Schumann P, Toth EM. Siphonobacter aquaeclarae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2567-2571. 🇭🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:221-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Lee et al. 2016 Lee SA, Kim JM, Ahn JH, Joa JH, Kim SJ, Sang MK, Song J, Kwon SW, Weon HY. Siphonobacter intestinalis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the feces of Pseudorhynchus japonicus. J Microbiol 2016; 54:709-712. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 43. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6976.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Choi et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Choi EJ, Beatty DS, Paul LA, Fenical W, Jensen PR. Mooreia alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov. and Catalinimonas alkaloidigena gen. nov., sp. nov., alkaloid-producing marine bacteria in the proposed families Mooreiaceae fam. nov. and Catalimonadaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Bacteroidetes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1219-1228. 🇺🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 2; NCAIM: 1; NBRC: 1; JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Siphonobacter aquaeclarae Táncsics et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Siphonobacter curvatus Lee and Jeon 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Siphonobacter intestinalis Lee et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

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