Name: Viridibacterium Kang et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Vi.ri.di.bac.te’ri.um. L. masc./fem. adj. viridis, virid, pale green; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Viridibacterium, a virid-colored and rod-shaped bacterium

Gender: neuter (stem: Viridibacteri-)

Type species: Viridibacterium curvum Kang et al. 2025

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kang JY, Chun J, Jung YC, Jahng KY. Viridibacterium curvum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater. J Microbiol 2017; 55:514-519.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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

Parent taxon: Rhodocyclaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kang JY, Chun J, Jung YC, Jahng KY. Viridibacterium curvum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from freshwater. J Microbiol 2017; 55:514-519.

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Record number: 65721
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