Genus Verticiella

Name: Verticiella Vandamme 2016

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ver.ti.ci.el’la. L. masc. n. vertex, whirlpool, vortex; L. fem. dim. n. suff. -ella; N.L. fem. dim. n. Verticiella, named after the South Pacific Gyre where the first isolate of this genus was isolated

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Verticiell-), wer-ti-ki-EL-la

Type species: Verticiella sediminum (Zhang et al. 2014) Vandamme 2016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme PA. Proposal of Verticiella gen. nov. as replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5099-5100. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Achromobacter Yabuuchi and Yano 1981. Publication: Zhang Z, Fan X, Gao X, Zhang XH. Achromobacter sediminum sp. nov., isolated from deep subseafloor sediment of South Pacific Gyre. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2244-2249. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015. Publication: Vandamme PA, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Inganas E, Falsen E, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ. Bordetella bronchialis sp. nov., Bordetella flabilis sp. nov. and Bordetella sputigena sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens, and reclassification of Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014 as Verticia sediminum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3674-3682. 🇧🇪
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Vandamme (2016). 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: 1; JCM: 1.
  • 🧍 Replaces the illegitimate name Verticia sediminum Vandamme et al. 2015. Publication: Vandamme PA, Peeters C, Cnockaert M, Inganas E, Falsen E, Moore ER, Nunes OC, Manaia CM, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ. Bordetella bronchialis sp. nov., Bordetella flabilis sp. nov. and Bordetella sputigena sp. nov., isolated from human respiratory specimens, and reclassification of Achromobacter sediminum Zhang et al. 2014 as Verticia sediminum gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3674-3682. 🇧🇪

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Verticiella alkaliphila" Basak et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Verticiella sediminum (Zhang et al. 2014) Vandamme 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: Vandamme PA. Proposal of Verticiella gen. nov. as replacement for the illegitimate prokaryotic genus name Verticia Vandamme et al. 2015. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5099-5100. 🇧🇪

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