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
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, validly published
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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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status 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
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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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