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Genus Tranquillimonas
Name: Tranquillimonas Harwati et al. 2008
Etymology: Tran.quil’li.mo’nas. L. masc. adj. tranquillus, quiet, calm, still; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Tranquillimonas, a still monad
Gender: feminine (stem: Tranquillimonad-)
Type species: Tranquillimonas alkanivorans Harwati et al. 2008
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2118-2121. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2675-2676.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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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 1 new species in the genus.
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Liang et al. 2021
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.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 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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🧕 Harwati et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2118-2121.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; KCTC: 2; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Harwati et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tranquillimonas alkanivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2118-2121.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Tranquillimonas alkanivorans Harwati et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tranquillimonas pontilimi (Lee 2018) Liang et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tranquillimonas rosea (Zhang et al. 2014) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 517650
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