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Genus Undibacterium
Name: Undibacterium Kämpfer et al. 2007
Etymology: Un.di.bac.te’ri.um. L. fem. n. unda, water; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Undibacterium, a rod of water
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Undibacteri-), un-di-bak-TE-ri-um
Type species: Undibacterium pigrum Kämpfer et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Hermansson M, Persson F, Huber B, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Undibacterium pigrum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from drinking water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1510-1515. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Eder et al. 2011
Eder W, Wanner G, Ludwig W, Busse HJ, Ziemke-Kageler F, Lang E. Description of Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum sp. nov., isolated from purified water, and Undibacterium pigrum strain CCUG 49012 as the type strain of Undibacterium parvum sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Undibacterium and the species Undibacterium pigrum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:384-391. 🇺🇸
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.
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Eder et al. 2011
Eder W, Wanner G, Ludwig W, Busse HJ, Ziemke-Kageler F, Lang E. Description of Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum sp. nov., isolated from purified water, and Undibacterium pigrum strain CCUG 49012 as the type strain of Undibacterium parvum sp. nov., and emended descriptions of the genus Undibacterium and the species Undibacterium pigrum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:384-391.
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Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sheu et al. (2014). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16045 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 12; GDMCC: 11; KACC: 8; DSM: 6; LMG: 4; NBRC: 3; BCRC: 3; CIP: 3; CCUG: 3; CGMCC: 2.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 26
Total number of child taxa: 26
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Undibacterium amnicola Chen et al. 2017 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium aquatile Du et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium arcticum Li et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium baiyunense Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium crateris Phurbu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium curvum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium cyanobacteriorum Le et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium danionis Kämpfer et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium fentianense Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium flavidum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium griseum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium hunanense Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Undibacterium jejuense Kim et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium luofuense Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium macrobrachii Sheu et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium nitidum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium oligocarboniphilum Eder et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium parvum Eder et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium pigrum Kämpfer et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Undibacterium piscinae Lee et al. 2019 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium rivi Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium rugosum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium seohonense Kim et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium squillarum Sheu et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium terreum Liu et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP synonym Undibacterium umbellatum Lu et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Oxalobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
Ma T, Xue H, Piao C, Jiang N, Li Y. Genome-based analyses of family Oxalobacteraceae reveal the taxonomic classification. Res Microbiol 2023; 174:104076. 🇨🇳
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