Name: Tistrella Shi et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tistr.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Tistrella, arbitrary name formed from the acronym of the Thailand Institute of Scientific and Technological Research, TISTR, where the isolation of the type strain was performed

Gender: feminine (stem: Tistrell-)

Type species: Tistrella mobilis Shi et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shi BH, Arunpairojana V, Palakawong S, Yokota A. Tistrella mobilis gen nov, sp nov, a novel polyhydroxyalkanoate-producing bacterium belonging to alpha-Proteobacteria. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2002; 48:335-343.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 92. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:935-937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2025 Zhang J, Wang J, Lai Q, Liu X, Li G, Pan P, He Z, Shao Z, Dong C. Tistrella arctica sp. nov., isolated from the surface seawater of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea and emended description of the genus Tistrella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6627.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Tistrellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Tistrellales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Tistrellaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Tistrellales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Zhang et al. (2011) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zhang DC, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Schinner F, Margesin R. Tistrella bauzanensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2227-2230.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; KCTC: 1; NBRC: 1; MCCC: 1; DSM: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
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
    Tistrella arctica Zhang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tistrella bauzanensis Zhang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tistrella mobilis Shi et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geminicoccaceae Proença et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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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