Genus Wuhapuella

Name: Wuhapuella Sun et al. 2026

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Wu.ha.pu.el’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Wuhapuella, arbitrarily formed from the acronym WHPU, Wuhan Polytechnic University, where the taxonomic study of the type strain was conducted

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Wuhapuell-), wu-ha-pu-EL-la

Type species: Wuhapuella caenivorax Sun et al. 2026

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sun Y, Wang Q, Qiu S, Chen C, Wu S, Gao N, Chen H, Yu J, Yang C, Li H, et al. Wuhapuella caenivorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Member of the Family Weeksellaceae, a Flocculent Bacteria Isolated from an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:521. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 230. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7224.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. 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. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: MCCC: 1; KCTC: 1.

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
    Wuhapuella caenivorax Sun et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Weeksellaceae García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Sun Y, Wang Q, Qiu S, Chen C, Wu S, Gao N, Chen H, Yu J, Yang C, Li H, et al. Wuhapuella caenivorax gen. nov., sp. nov., a Novel Member of the Family Weeksellaceae, a Flocculent Bacteria Isolated from an Urban Sewage Treatment Plant. Curr Microbiol 2025; 82:521. 🇨🇳

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