Genus "Zymobacterium"

Name: "Zymobacterium" Wachsman and Barker 1954

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Zy.mo.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. bacterium, rod; N.L. neut. n. Zymobacterium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Zymobacteri-), zy-mo-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: "Zymobacterium oroticum" Wachsman and Barker 1954

Original publication: Wachsman JT, Barker HA. Characterization of an orotic acid fermenting bacterium, zymobacterium oroticum, nov. gen., nov. spec. J Bacteriol 1954; 68:400-404.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Propionibacteriaceae Delwiche 1957 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Faecalicatena Sakamoto et al. 2017. Publication: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227. 🇯🇵
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Zymobaeterium"; "Zyrmobacterium".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCCB: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; DSM: 1; NCIMB: 1; LMG: 1.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ZYBT" 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: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Zymobacterium oroticum" Wachsman and Barker 1954	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists	synonym

Parent taxon: Lachnospiraceae Rainey 2010

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Ohkuma M. Faecalimonas umbilicata gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human faeces, and reclassification of Eubacterium contortum, Eubacterium fissicatena and Clostridium oroticum as Faecalicatena contorta gen. nov., comb. nov., Faecalicatena fissicatena comb. nov. and Faecalicatena orotica comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1219-1227. 🇯🇵

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