Name: Tsukamurella Collins et al. 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tsu.ka.mur.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Tsukamurella, named in honor of Michio Tsukamura, a celebrated Japanese microbiologist

Gender: feminine (stem: Tsukamurell-)

Type species: Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Smida J, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Tsukamurella gen. nov. harboring Corynebacterium paurometabolum and Rhodococcus aurantiacus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:385-391.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Steinhaus EA. A Study of the Bacteria Associated with Thirty Species of Insects. J Bacteriol 1941; 42:757-790.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Rhodococcus Zopf 1891 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tsukamura M, Yano I. Rhodococcus sputi sp. nov., nom. rev., and Rhodococcus aurantiacus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:364-368.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Tsakamurella"; "Tsukamarella"; "Tsukamuaella"; "Tsukamurefla"; "Tsukamurelfa"; "Tsukamurellu"; "Tsukamurelta"; "Tsukamurelu"; "Tsukamuvella"; "Tsukanzurella"; "Tsukarnurella"; "Tsukumarella"; "Tsukxmurella".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Teng et al. (2018), Teng et al. (2020), Nam et al. (2004). 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: DSM: 22; JCM: 21; ATCC: 7; CCUG: 6; CIP: 5; NBRC: 3; NCIMB: 3; IFO: 2; NCTC: 2; NRRL: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TSKL" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 16
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 22

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tsukamurella asaccharolytica Teng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella carboxydivorans Park et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tsukamurella conjunctivitidis Teng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella hominis Teng et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella hongkongensis Teng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella inchonensis Yassin et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella ocularis Teng et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella paurometabola corrig. (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella paurometabolum (Steinhaus 1941) Collins et al. 1988	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Tsukamurella pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella serpentis Tang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella sinensis Teng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella soli Weon et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tsukamurella spumae Nam et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella sputi Teng et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella strandjordae Kattar et al. 2002	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Tsukamurella strandjordii corrig. Kattar et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella sunchonensis Seong et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens Yassin et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Tsukamurella wratislaviensis Goodfellow et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Tsukamurellaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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