Name: Turicibacter Bosshard et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tu.ri.ci.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. Turicum, the Latin name of Zürich; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Turicibacter, a rod-shaped organism from Zürich, Switzerland, where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Turicibacter-), tu-ri-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bosshard PP, Zbinden R, Altwegg M. Turicibacter sanguinis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1263-1266.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Turicibacteraceae Verbarg et al. 2020. Publication: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the subclass "Erysipelotrichidae" corrig. Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004. Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2; DSM: 1; RIMD: 1; NCCB: 1; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Turicibacter bilis Maki and Looft 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Turicibacter faecis Imamura et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Turicibacter sanguinis Bosshard et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Turicibacteraceae Verbarg et al. 2020

Assigned by: Verbarg S, Göker M, Scheuner C, Schumann P, Stackebrandt E. The families Erysipelotrichaceae emend., Coprobacillaceae fam. nov., and Turicibacteraceae fam. nov. In: Rosenberg E, DeLong E, Lory S, Stackebrandt E, Thompson F (eds), The Prokaryotes –Firmicutes and Tenericutes., Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, p. 79-105.

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