Name: Williamsia Kämpfer et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Wil.li.am’si.a. N.L. fem. n. Williamsia, named to honour Stanley T. Williams, a British microbiologist, for his numerous contributions to the taxonomy and ecology of catinomycetes

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Williamsi-), wil-li-AM-si-a

Type species: Williamsia muralis Kämpfer et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Andersson MA, Rainey FA, Kroppenstedt RM, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Williamsia muralis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from the indoor environment of a children's day care centre. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:681-687. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family "Williamsiaceae". Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Zhi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Nocardiaceae Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: 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. 🇨🇳
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Williamsiam"; "Williarnsia"; "Willliamsia"; "Wniamsia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Afonso-De Menezes et al. (2019), Yassin et al. (2007), Pathom-Aree et al. (2006), Kaempfer et al. (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: 13; JCM: 5; KCTC: 4; NCIMB: 3; B: 3; CBMAI: 3; CCUG: 3; NRRL: 2; CCM: 1; MCCC: 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Williamsia aurantiaca corrig. Afonso de Menezes et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia aurantiacus Afonso de Menezes et al. 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Williamsia deligens Yassin and Hupfer 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia faeni Jones et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia herbipolensis Kämpfer et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia limnetica Sazak and Sahin 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia marianensis Pathom-aree et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Williamsia maris Stach et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia muralis Kämpfer et al. 1999	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia phyllosphaerae Kämpfer et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia serinedens Yassin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia soli Zhang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia spongiae Afonso de Menezes et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Williamsia sterculiae Fang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Gordoniaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

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