Genus Testudinibacter

Name: Testudinibacter Hansen et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tes.tu.di.ni.bac’ter. L. fem. pl. n. Testudines, taxonomic name for the order of turtles and tortoises; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Testudinibacter, rod isolated from Testudines

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Testudinibacter-), tes-tu-di-ni-BAK-ter

Type species: Testudinibacter aquarius Hansen et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hansen MJ, Pennanen EAE, Bojesen AM, Christensen H, Bertelsen MF. Testudinibacter aquarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of freshwater turtles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:567-573. 🇩🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Kuhnert P, Christensen H. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Pasteurellaceae Minutes of the Meetings, 9 October 2018, Prato, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:871-872. 🇨🇭
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Ronco et al. (2026). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CCUG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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
Testudinibacter aquarius Hansen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Testudinibacter crocodili Ronco et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Pasteurellaceae Pohl 1981

Assigned by: Hansen MJ, Pennanen EAE, Bojesen AM, Christensen H, Bertelsen MF. Testudinibacter aquarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Pasteurellaceae isolated from the oral cavity of freshwater turtles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:567-573. 🇩🇰

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