Genus Tropicibacter
Name: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009
Etymology: Trop.ic.i.bac.ter L. adj. tropicus, tropical, pertaining to the tropical zone of the Earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. bakterion; 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. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 7
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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 synonym Tropicibacter mediterraneus Lucena et al. 2014 validly published synonym Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012 validly published synonym Tropicibacter naphthalenivorans Harwati et al. 2009 validly published correct name Tropicibacter phtalicus (sic) Iwaki et al. 2012 misspelling synonym Tropicibacter phthalicicus corrig. Iwaki et al. 2012 validly published correct name
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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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