Name: Sterolibacterium Tarlera and Denner 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ste.ro.li.bac.te.ri.um. N.L. neut. n. sterol, sterol; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Sterolibacterium, sterol-utilizing small rod

Gender: neuter (stem: Sterolibacteri-)

Type species: Sterolibacterium denitrificans Tarlera and Denner 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tarlera S, Denner EB. Sterolibacterium denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel cholesterol-oxidizing, denitrifying member of the beta-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1085-1091.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Sterolibacteriaceae Boden et al. 2017. Publication: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.
  • 🧕 Brenner et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Family I. Rhodocyclaceae fam. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 887.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sterolibacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Sterolibacteria".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 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
    Sterolibacterium denitrificans Tarlera and Denner 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Sterolibacteriaceae Boden et al. 2017

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

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