Name: Tellurirhabdus Choi et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tel.lu.ri.rhab’dus. L. fem. n. tellus, earth; Gr. fem. n. rhabdos, rod, staff; N.L. fem. n. Tellurirhabdus, a rod from earth

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tellurirhabd-), tel-lu-ri-R^HAB-dus

Type species: Tellurirhabdus rosea Choi et al. 2021

Effective publication: Choi J, Yang D, Chhetri G, Cha S, Seo T. Tellurirhabdus rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil in South Korea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1047-1054. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 201. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4943.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Larkinella Vancanneyt et al. 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Larkinella Vancanneyt et al. 2006	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Choi et al. (2019) assigned this genus to the family Cytophagaceae Stanier 1940 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Choi J, Yang D, Chhetri G, Cha S, Seo T. Tellurirhabdus rosea gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from soil in South Korea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1047-1054. 🇰🇷
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Larkinella Vancanneyt et al. 2006. Publication: Quadri SR, Nofal W, Alruwaili M. Proposal for reclassifying Tellurirhabdus species within the genus Larkinella. Adv Life Sci 2025; 12:413. 🇸🇦
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lurirhabdus".
  • ❗ Tellurirhabdus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; GDMCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tellurirhabdus bombi Zhang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tellurirhabdus rosea Choi et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Spirosomataceae corrig. Larkin and Borrall 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pitt A, Lienbacher S, Schmidt J, Neumann-Schaal M, Wolf J, Hahn MW. Description of a new freshwater bacterium Aquirufa regiilacus sp. nov., classification of the genera Aquirufa, Arundinibacter, Sandaracinomonas, and Tellurirhabdus to the family Spirosomataceae, classification of the genus Chryseotalea to the family Fulvivirgaceae and Litoribacter to the family Cyclobacteriaceae, as well as classification of Litoribacter alkaliphilus as a later heterotypic synonym of Litoribacter ruber. Arch Microbiol 2024; 206:79. 🇦🇹

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