Name: Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ste.ro.i.do.bac’ter. N.L. adj. steroides, a steroid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Steroidobacter, rod-shaped bacterium that degrades steroids

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Steroidobacter-), ste-ro-i-do-BAK-ter

Type species: Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fahrbach M, Kuever J, Remesch M, Huber BE, Kampfer P, Dott W, Hollender J. Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2215-2223.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peristeroidobacter Montecillo 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Steroidobacteraceae Liu et al. 2019. Publication: Liu Q, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Xin YH. Stenotrophobium rhamnosiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a glacier, proposal of Steroidobacteraceae fam. nov. in Nevskiales and emended description of the family Nevskiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1404-1410.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Steroidobacterales Montecillo 2023. Publication: Montecillo JAV. Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104057.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Steroidobacterales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Steroidobacterales Montecillo 2023. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Montecillo (2023) assigned this genus to the order Steroidobacterales Montecillo 2023. Publication: Montecillo JAV. Phylogenomics and molecular marker-based analyses of the order Nevskiales: proposal for the creation of Steroidobacterales ord. nov. and Peristeroidobacter gen. nov. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104057.
  • 🧕 Naushad et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the family Nevskiaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Naushad S, Adeolu M, Wong S, Sohail M, Schellhorn HE, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and molecular marker based taxonomic framework for the order Xanthomonadales: proposal to transfer the families Algiphilaceae and Solimonadaceae to the order Nevskiales ord. nov. and to create a new family within the order Xanthomonadales, the family Rhodanobacteraceae fam. nov., containing the genus Rhodanobacter and its closest relatives. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:467-485.
  • 🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Xanthomonadales Saddler and Bradbury 2005. Publication: Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 4; KCTC: 3; DSM: 3; CGMCC: 2; CPCC: 1; CCTCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Steroidobacter agaridevorans Ikenaga et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Steroidobacter agariperforans Sakai et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Steroidobacter cummioxidans" Sharma et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name
    Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Steroidobacter flavus" Gong et al. 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Steroidobacter gossypii Huang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Steroidobacter soli Huang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Steroidobacteraceae Liu et al. 2019

Assigned by: Liu Q, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Xin YH. Stenotrophobium rhamnosiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a glacier, proposal of Steroidobacteraceae fam. nov. in Nevskiales and emended description of the family Nevskiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1404-1410.

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