Genus Tritonibacter
Name: Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018
Etymology: Tri.to.ni.bac’ter. Gr. masc. n. Tritôn, 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
Gender: masculine (stem: Tritonibacter-)
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
Correct name: Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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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.
Notes:- Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
- As of 2021-07-02 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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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.
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Notes:
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Klotz et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
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For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013.
Publication:
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.
- Tritonibacter is the correct name if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; KCTC: 3; LMG: 3; MCCC: 2; CECT: 1; CCUG: 1; NBRC: 1; CIP: 1.
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Klotz et al. (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
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. 2022 validly published under the ICNP orphaned species Tritonibacter horizontis Klotz et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tritonibacter litoralis Li et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP orphaned species Tritonibacter mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tritonibacter scottomollicae (Vandecandelaere et al. 2008) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tritonibacter ulvae (Penesyan et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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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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