Genus Tritonibacter
Name: Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018
Etymology: Tri.to.ni.bac’ter L. n. Triton, Greek god of the sea, merman and son of Poseidon; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Tritonibacter, a Tritionian rod, referring to the marine habitat and more specifically to Triton’s composite upper body of a human combined with a fish tail, signifying the discrepancy in 16S rRNA gene phylogeny and genomic analysis of this novel bacterial genus
Type species: Tritonibacter horizontis Klotz et al. 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Klotz F, Brinkhoff T, Freese HM, Wietz M, Teske A, Simon M, Giebel HA. Tritonibacter horizontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:736-744. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Tritonibacter aquimaris" Li et al. 2021 not validly published Tritonibacter horizontis Klotz et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Tritonibacter litoralis" Li et al. 2021 not validly published Tritonibacter mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tritonibacter ulvae (Penesyan et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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Parent taxon: Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Klotz F, Brinkhoff T, Freese HM, Wietz M, Teske A, Simon M, Giebel HA. Tritonibacter horizontis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Rhodobacteraceae, isolated from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:736-744.
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Record number: 519322