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
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
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Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013 | heterotypic synonym, validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Tritonibacter horizontis Klotz et al. 2018 | validly published | correct name |
Tritonibacter mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Tritonibacter ulvae (Penesyan et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
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