Genus Tropicibacter
Name: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009
Etymology: Trop.ic.i.bac.ter. L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, pertaining to the tropical zone of the Earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod; N.L. masc. n. Tropicibacter, a rod belonging to the tropical zone
Type species: Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:392-396. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Liang et al. 2021
Liang KY, 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. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021; 12:1635.
Notes:- As of 2021-07-04 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Liang et al. 2021
Liang KY, 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. Frontiers in Microbiology 2021; 12:1635.
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Notes:
- Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lucena et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 8
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Tropicibacter alexandrii" Wang et al. 2020 not validly published Tropicibacter litoreus Lucena et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tropicibacter mediterraneus Lucena et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tropicibacter phthalicicus corrig. Iwaki et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP synonym Tropicibacter phthalicus Iwaki et al. 2012 orthographic variant misspelling "Tropicibacter varians" (Hahnke et al. 2013) Liang et al. 2021 not validly published
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Parent taxon: Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Harwati TU, Kasai Y, Kodama Y, Susilaningsih D, Watanabe K. Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from Semarang Port in Indonesia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:392-396.
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