Name: Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Va.ri.ba’cu.lum. L. masc. adj. varus, bent; L. neut. n. baculum, small rod; N.L. neut. n. Varibaculum, small bent rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Varibacul-), wa-ri-BA-ku-lum

Type species: Varibaculum cambriense corrig. Hall et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hall V, Collins MD, Lawson PA, Hutson RA, Falsen E, Inganas E, Duerden B. Characterization of some actinomyces-like isolates from human clinical sources: description of Varibaculum cambriensis gen nov, sp nov. J Clin Microbiol 2003; 41:640-644. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 91. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:627-628.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Glaeser et al. 2016 Glaeser SP, Doijad S, Hijazin M, Chakraborty T, Falsen E, Hall V, Kampfer P. Varibaculum anthropi sp. nov. represented by three genetically different genomovars isolated from clinical material and emended description of the genus Varibaculum. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:546-552. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 25. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:7-8.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lo et al. (2019). 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: CSUR: 5; DSM: 4; NCTC: 3; CECT: 3; CCUG: 3; CIP: 2; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Varibaculum anthropi Glaeser et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Varibaculum cambriense corrig. Hall et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Varibaculum cambriensis Hall et al. 2003	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    "Varibaculum hominis" Huang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Varibaculum massiliense" Brahimi et al. 2016	not validly published	synonym
    Varibaculum massiliense Niang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Varibaculum timonense" Guilhot et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym
    Varibaculum timonense Lo et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Varibaculum vaginae Fall et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Actinomycetaceae Buchanan 1918 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608. 🇨🇳

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