Name: Xanthobacter Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xan.tho.bac.ter. Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Xanthobacter, yellow rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Xanthobacter-)

Type species: Xanthobacter autotrophicus (Baumgarten et al. 1974) Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wiegel J, Wilke D, Baumgarten J, Opitz R, Schlegel HG. Transfer of the nitrogen-fixing hydrogen bacterium Corynebacterium autotrophicum Baumgarten et al. to Xanthobacter gen. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:573-581.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005. Publication: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.
  • Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Hyphomicrobiaceae Babudieri 1950 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Baumgarten J, Reh M, Schlegel HG. Taxonomic studies on some Gram-positive coryneform hydrogen bacteria. Archives of Microbiology 1974; 100:207-217.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Xanlhobacter"; "Xanrhobacter"; "Xanthobaeter"; "Xanthohacter"; "Xantlzobacter"; "Xantobacter"; "Xantobaeter"; "Xenthobacter".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; ATCC: 6; VKM: 6; LMG: 3; JCM: 3; BCRC: 2; CIP: 2; NBRC: 2; NRRL: 2; CCRC: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "XNBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Xanthobacter agilis Jenni and Aragno 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter aminoxidans Doronina and Trotsenko 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter autotrophicus (Baumgarten et al. 1974) Wiegel et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter dioxanivorans Wang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter flavus Malik and Claus 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter oligotrophicus Tikhonova et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Xanthobacter polyaromaticivorans" Hirano et al. 2004	not validly published
    Xanthobacter tagetidis Padden et al. 1997	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Xanthobacter viscosus Doronina and Trotsenko 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Xanthobacter xylophilus" Zaichikova et al. 2010	not validly published

Parent taxon: Xanthobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee KB, Liu CT, Anzai Y, Kim H, Aono T, Oyaizu H. The hierarchical system of the 'Alphaproteobacteria': description of Hyphomonadaceae fam. nov., Xanthobacteraceae fam. nov. and Erythrobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1907-1919.

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