Name: Skermanella Sly and Stackebrandt 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Sker.man.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Skermanella, named after V.B.D. Skerman who first isolated this bacterium, and in honour of his contribution to bacterial systematics

Gender: feminine (stem: Skermanell-)

Type species: Skermanella parooensis (Skerman et al. 1983) Sly and Stackebrandt 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sly LI, Stackebrandt E. Description of Skermanella parooensis gen. nov., sp. nov. to accommodate Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. parooensis following the transfer of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. largomobilis to the genus Azospirillum. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1999; 49:541-544.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Weon et al. 2007 Weon HY, Kim BY, Hong SB, Joa JH, Nam SS, Lee KH, Kwon SW. Skermanella aerolata sp. nov., isolated from air, and emended description of the genus Skermanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1539-1542. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Luo et al. 2012 Luo G, Shi Z, Wang H, Wang G. Skermanella stibiiresistens sp. nov., a highly antimony-resistant bacterium isolated from coal-mining soil, and emended description of the genus Skermanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1271-1276. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2048-2049.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
  • Guo et al. 2020 Guo Q, Zhou Z, Zhang L, Zhang C, Chen M, Wang B, Lin M, Wang W, Zhang W, Li X. Skermanella pratensis sp. nov., isolated from meadow soil, and emended description of the genus Skermanella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1605-1609. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Subhash and Lee (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Subhash Y, Lee SS. Skermanella rosea sp. nov., isolated from hydrocarbon-contaminated desert sands. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3951-3956.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Conglomeromonas Skerman et al. 1983. Publication: Ben Dekhil S, Cahill M, Stackebrandt E, Sly LI. Transfer of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. largomobilis to the genus Azospirillum as Azospirillum largomobile comb. nov., and elevation of Conglomeromonas largomobilis subsp. parooensis to the new type species of Conglomeromonas, Conglomeromonas parooensis sp. nov. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1997; 20:72-77.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Skemanella"; "Skerrnanella".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Subhash et al. (2017). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; JCM: 3; DSM: 2; CIP: 1; CGMCC: 1; NRRL: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Skermanella aerolata Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Skermanella cutis" Choi et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Skermanella mucosa Subhash et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Skermanella parooensis (Skerman et al. 1983) Sly and Stackebrandt 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Skermanella pratensis Guo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Skermanella rosea Subhash and Lee 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Skermanella rubra" Zhang et al. 2015	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Skermanella stibiiresistens Luo et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Skermanella xinjiangensis An et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Azospirillaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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