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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
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
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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.
Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
Notes:- ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 2 species from the genus.
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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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🧕 Harwati et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
- 💁 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.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 7; DSM: 5; CECT: 3; JCM: 3; CIP: 1; CICC: 1; MCCC: 1; LMG: 1.
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🧕 Harwati et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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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
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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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