Genus Spongiibacter
Name: Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008
Etymology: Spon.gi.i.bac’ter L. fem. n. spongia, sponge; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Spongiibacter, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a sponge
Type species: Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Graeber I, Kaesler I, Borchert MS, Dieckmann R, Pape T, Lurz R, Nielsen P, von Dohren H, Michaelis W, Szewzyk U. Spongiibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Haliclona sp. 1. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:585-590. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Melitea Urios et al. 2008 heterotypic synonym, validly published
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Emendations:
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Jang et al. 2011
Jang GI, Hwang CY, Choi HG, Kang SH, Cho BC. Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2895-2900.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.
Notes:- Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Jang et al. 2011
Jang GI, Hwang CY, Choi HG, Kang SH, Cho BC. Description of Spongiibacter borealis sp. nov., isolated from Arctic seawater, and reclassification of Melitea salexigens Urios et al. 2008 as a later heterotypic synonym of Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 with emended descriptions of the genus Spongiibacter and Spongiibacter marinus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2895-2900.
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Notes:
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Nomenclatural type of the family Spongiibacteraceae Spring et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spring S, Scheuner C, Goker M, Klenk HP. A taxonomic framework for emerging groups of ecologically important marine gammaproteobacteria based on the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:281.
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The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Melitea Urios et al. 2008.
Publication:
Urios L, Agogue H, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Melitea salexigens gen. nov., sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium from the Mediterranean Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2479-2483.
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Nomenclatural type of the family Spongiibacteraceae Spring et al. 2015.
Publication:
Spring S, Scheuner C, Goker M, Klenk HP. A taxonomic framework for emerging groups of ecologically important marine gammaproteobacteria based on the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:281.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Spongiibacter borealis Jang et al. 2011 validly published synonym Spongiibacter marinus Graeber et al. 2008 validly published correct name Spongiibacter taiwanensis Jean et al. 2016 validly published correct name Spongiibacter tropicus Hwang and Cho 2009 validly published correct name
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Parent taxon: Spongiibacteraceae Spring et al. 2015
Assigned by:
Spring S, Scheuner C, Goker M, Klenk HP. A taxonomic framework for emerging groups of ecologically important marine gammaproteobacteria based on the reconstruction of evolutionary relationships using genome-scale data. Front Microbiol 2015; 6:281.
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