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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
Gender: masculine (stem: Tropicibacter-)
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
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: 9
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Tropicibacter alexandrii" Wang et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name |
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 oceani" Zhou et al. 2023 | not validly published | preferred name |
Tropicibacter phthalicicus corrig. Iwaki et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Tropicibacter phthalicus Iwaki et al. 2012 | inaccurate spelling | misspelling |
"Tropicibacter varians" (Hahnke et al. 2013) Liang et al. 2021 | not validly published | synonym |
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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Record number: 517653