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Genus Vitellibacter
Name: Vitellibacter Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003
Etymology: Vi.tel.li.bac’ter. L. masc. n. vitellus, egg yolk; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Vitellibacter, egg-yolk-coloured rod
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Vitellibacter-), wi-tel-li-BAK-ter
Type species: Vitellibacter vladivostokensis Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003
Valid publication:
Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Vitellibacter vladivostokensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1281-1286. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Kim et al. 2010
Kim BS, Kim OS, Moon EY, Chun J. Vitellibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1989-1992. 🇰🇷
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2695-2696.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Park et al. 2014
Park S, Lee KC, Bae KS, Yoon JH. Vitellibacter soesokkakensis sp. nov., isolated from the junction between the ocean and a freshwater spring and emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:588-593. 🇰🇷
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Kim et al. 2010
Kim BS, Kim OS, Moon EY, Chun J. Vitellibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from tidal-flat sediment, and an emended description of the genus Vitellibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1989-1992.
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Notes:
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002.
Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Vitelllibacter".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kim et al. (2018). 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 terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Vitellibacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; JCM: 3; NBRC: 2; DSM: 1; MCC: 1; CECT: 1; IFO: 1; KMM: 1; BCRC: 1; KACC: 1.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Aequorivita Bowman and Nichols 2002.
Publication:
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Vitellibacter aestuarii Kim et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter aquimaris Thevarajoo et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter echinoideorum Lin et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter nionensis Rajasabapathy et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter soesokkakensis Park et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter todarodis Kim et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP synonym Vitellibacter vladivostokensis Nedashkovskaya et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Nedashkovskaya OI, Suzuki M, Vysotskii MV, Mikhailov VV. Vitellibacter vladivostokensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1281-1286. 🇯🇵
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