Genus Terrimonas

Name: Terrimonas Xie and Yokota 2006

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ter.ri’mo.nas. L. fem. n. terra, soil; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Terrimonas, soil monad

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Terrimonad-), ter-RI-mo-nas

Type species: Terrimonas ferruginea (Sickles and Shaw 1934) Xie and Yokota 2006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Reclassification of [Flavobacterium] ferrugineum as Terrimonas ferruginea gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Terrimonas lutea sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1117-1121. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2012 Zhang J, Gu T, Zhou Y, He J, Zheng LQ, Li WJ, Huang X, Li SP. Terrimonas rubra sp. nov., isolated from a polluted farmland soil and emended description of the genus Terrimonas. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2593-2597. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Jin et al. 2013 Jin D, Wang P, Bai Z, Jin B, Yu Z, Wang X, Zhuang G, Zhang H. Terrimonas pekingensis sp. nov., isolated from bulking sludge, and emended descriptions of the genus Terrimonas, Terrimonas ferruginea, Terrimonas lutea and Terrimonas aquatica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1658-1664. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sickles GM, Shaw M. A Systematic Study of Microorganisms Which Decompose the Specific Carbohydrates of the Pneumococcus. J Bacteriol 1934; 28:415-431.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Terromonas".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 6; CCTCC: 6; KCTC: 4; KACC: 4; LMG: 3; IAM: 2; ATCC: 1; NCCB: 1; IFO: 1; NCAIM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 14
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Terrimonas alba Xiong et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas aquatica Sheu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas arctica Jiang et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas crocea Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas ferruginea (Sickles and Shaw 1934) Xie and Yokota 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas ginsenosidimutans Siddiqi et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas lutea Xie and Yokota 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas pekingensis Jin et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas pollutisoli Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas rhizosphaerae Han et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas rubra Zhang et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas soli Jiang et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas suqianensis Chen et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrimonas terrae Kim et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Chitinophagaceae Kämpfer et al. 2011

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Lodders N, Falsen E. Hydrotalea flava gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Bacteroidetes and allocation of the genera Chitinophaga, Sediminibacterium, Lacibacter, Flavihumibacter, Flavisolibacter, Niabella, Niastella, Segetibacter, Parasegetibacter, Terrimonas, Ferruginibacter, Filimonas and Hydrotalea to the family Chitinophagaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:518-523. 🇩🇪

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