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Genus Thalassobius
Name: Thalassobius Arahal et al. 2005
Etymology: Tha.las.so’bi.us. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. masc. n. Thalassobius, life form of the sea
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Thalassobi-), tha-las-SO-bi-us
Type species: Thalassobius mediterraneus Arahal et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Arahal DR, Macian MC, Garay E, Pujalte MJ. Thalassobius mediterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Ruegeria gelatinovorans as Thalassobius gelatinovorus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2371-2376. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Taxonomic status: in need of a replacement
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Emendations:
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Hördt et al. 2020
Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
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Notes:
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🧕 Park et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Park I, Cha IT, Seo MJ. Thalassobius litorarius sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1666-1672. 🇰🇷
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023.
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thalasobius".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Arahal et al. (2019), Park et al. (2014). 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: 7; KCTC: 7; JCM: 6; CECT: 5; LMG: 3; CIP: 2; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 2; IAM: 1; ATCC: 1.
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🧍 Later homonym of Thalassobius Solier 1849 (Coleoptera).
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱
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🧕 Park et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Park I, Cha IT, Seo MJ. Thalassobius litorarius sp. nov., isolated from a tidal flat. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1666-1672.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 14
Total number of child taxa: 14
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Thalassobius abyssi Nogi et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius activus Pujalte et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius aestuarii Yi and Chun 2007 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius aquaeponti Park et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius aquimarinus Kurilenko et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name in need of a replacement Thalassobius autumnalis Pujalte et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name in need of a replacement Thalassobius gelatinovorus (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Ahrens 1968) Arahal et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius litorarius Park et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name in need of a replacement Thalassobius mangrovi Chen et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name in need of a replacement Thalassobius maritimus Park et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius mediterraneus Arahal et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name in need of a replacement Thalassobius taeanensis (Jin et al. 2011) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym Thalassobius vesicularis (Hameed et al. 2014) Zhang et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦
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