Name: Tatumella Hollis et al. 1982

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ta.tu.mel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Tatumella, named to honor Harvey Tatum, an American bacteriologist who made many contributions to our understanding of the classification and identification of fermentative and nonfermentative bacteria of medical importance

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tatumell-), ta-tu-MEL-la

Type species: Tatumella ptyseos Hollis et al. 1982

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hollis DG, Hickman FW, Fanning GR, Farmer JJ, Weaver RE, Brenner DJ. Tatumella ptyseos gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Enterobacteriaceae found in clinical specimens. J Clin Microbiol 1981; 14:79-88. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Erwiniaceae Adeolu et al. 2016

Assigned by: Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Naushad S, S Gupta R. Genome-based phylogeny and taxonomy of the 'Enterobacteriales': proposal for Enterobacterales ord. nov. divided into the families Enterobacteriaceae, Erwiniaceae fam. nov., Pectobacteriaceae fam. nov., Yersiniaceae fam. nov., Hafniaceae fam. nov., Morganellaceae fam. nov., and Budviciaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5575-5599. 🇨🇦

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