Name: Spongorhabdus Oliveira et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Spon.go.rhab’dus. Gr. masc. n. spongos, sponge; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod; N.L. fem. n. Spongorhabdus, a rod-shaped bacterium from sponges

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Spongorhabd-), spon-go-R^HAB-dus

Type species: Spongorhabdus nitratireducens Oliveira et al. 2026

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Oliveira V, Ferreira I, Cleary DFR, Huang YM, Costa R, Keller-Costa T, Gomes NCM. Description of Spongorhabdus gen. nov., a novel genus within the Endozoicomonadaceae family, and its type species Spongorhabdus nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7037. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 76, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7093.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; UCCCB: 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
    Spongorhabdus nitratireducens Oliveira et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Endozoicomonadaceae Bartz et al. 2018

Assigned by: Oliveira V, Ferreira I, Cleary DFR, Huang YM, Costa R, Keller-Costa T, Gomes NCM. Description of Spongorhabdus gen. nov., a novel genus within the Endozoicomonadaceae family, and its type species Spongorhabdus nitratireducens sp. nov., isolated from marine sponges. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7037. 🇵🇹

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