Name: "Thalassobacterium" Tan et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the ocean; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a bacterium; N.L. neut. n. Thalassobacterium, a microbe of the ocean

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Thalassobacteri-), t^ha-las-so-bak-TE-ri-um

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Tan X-Y, Liu X-J, Lu D-C, Ye Y-Q, Liu X-Y, Yu F, Yang H, Li F, Du Z-J, Ye M-Q. Insights into the physiological and metabolic features of Thalassobacterium, a novel genus of Verrucomicrobiota with the potential to drive the carbon cycle. mBio 2025; 16:e0030525. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Thalassobacterium maritimum" Tan et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    "Thalassobacterium sedimentorum" Tan et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Coraliomargaritaceae Min et al. 2023

Assigned by: Tan X-Y, Liu X-J, Lu D-C, Ye Y-Q, Liu X-Y, Yu F, Yang H, Li F, Du Z-J, Ye M-Q. Insights into the physiological and metabolic features of Thalassobacterium, a novel genus of Verrucomicrobiota with the potential to drive the carbon cycle. mBio 2025; 16:e0030525. 🇨🇳

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