Name: Tianweitania Han et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ti.an.wei.ta’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Tianweitania, named after professor Tianwei Tan, an accademician of the China Engineering Academy, who has achieved excellent accomplishments in the fields of bio-energy, biomaterials research, bio-based chemicals etc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Tianweitani-), ti-an-we͡i-TA-ni-a

Type species: Tianweitania sediminis Han et al. 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Han L, Mo Y, Feng Q, Zhang R, Zhao X, Lv J, Xie B. Tianweitania sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Phyllobacteriaceae, isolated from subsurface sediment core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:719-724. 🇨🇳

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

• Emendations:
  • Song et al. 2023 Song JH, Park S, Lee JS, Kim W, Yoon JH. Tianweitania aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from a coastal dune, reclassification of Corticibacterium populi as Tianweitania populi comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Tianweitania. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6193. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6243.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Han et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: Han L, Mo Y, Feng Q, Zhang R, Zhao X, Lv J, Xie B. Tianweitania sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Phyllobacteriaceae, isolated from subsurface sediment core. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:719-724. 🇨🇳
  • 🧕 Hördt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Phyllobacteriaceae Mergaert and Swings 2006. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CFCC: 2; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1; KACC: 1; NBRC: 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: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tianweitania aestuarii Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tianweitania populi (Li et al. 2016) Song et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tianweitania sediminis Han et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bartonellaceae Gieszczykiewicz 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: diCenzo GC, Yang Y, Young JPW, Kuzmanovic N. Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6328. 🇨🇦

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