Name: Verrucomicrobium Schlesner 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ver.ru.co.mi.cro.bi.um. L. fem. n. verruca, a wart; N.L. neut. n. microbium, a microbe; from Gr. masc. adj. mikros, small (may keep -o); from Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. n. Verrucomicrobium, warty microbe

Gender: neuter (stem: Verrucomicrobi-)

Type species: Verrucomicrobium spinosum Schlesner 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schlesner H. Verrucomicrobium spinosum gen. nov., sp. nov.; a fimbriated prosthecate bacterium. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 10:54-56.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Verrucomicrobiae Hedlund et al. 1998. Publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Verrucomicrobiia corrig. Hedlund et al. 1998. Publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. Publication: Ward-Rainey N, Rainey FA, Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16s rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology 1995; 141:3247-3250.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. Publication: Ward-Rainey N, Rainey FA, Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16s rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology 1995; 141:3247-3250.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the class Verrucomicrobiia corrig. Hedlund et al. 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Hedlund et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the class Verrucomicrobiia corrig. Hedlund et al. 1998. Publication: Hedlund BP, Gosink JJ, Staley JT. Verrucomicrobia div. nov., a new division of the bacteria containing three new species of Prosthecobacter. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1997; 72:29-38.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Verrucomicrobiota Hedlund 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Ward-Rainey et al. (1995) assigned this genus to the order Verrucomicrobiales Ward-Rainey et al. 1996. Publication: Ward-Rainey N, Rainey FA, Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16s rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology 1995; 141:3247-3250.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Verrucornicrobium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "VRMI" 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.
  • 🧍 This name was mentioned in a Request for an Opinion. Publication: Goker M. Solving the remaining problems with names of classes. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5605.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Verrucomicrobium spinosum Schlesner 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Verrucomicrobiaceae Ward-Rainey et al. 1996

Assigned by: Ward-Rainey N, Rainey FA, Schlesner H, Stackebrandt E. Assignment of hitherto unidentified 16s rDNA species to a main line of descent within the domain Bacteria. Microbiology 1995; 141:3247-3250.

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