Name: Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Zy.mo.mo.nas. Gr. fem. n. zymê, leaven, ferment; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Zymomonas, intended to mean fermenting monad

Gender: feminine (stem: Zymomonad-)

Type species: Zymomonas mobilis corrig. (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.

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 Zymomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (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.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe Pseudomonadeae Kluyver and Van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • Kosako et al. (2000) assigned this genus to the family Sphingomonadaceae Kosako et al. 2000. Publication: Kosako Y, Yabuuchi E, Naka T, Fujiwara N, Kobayashi K. Proposal of Sphingomonadaceae fam. nov., consisting of Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990, Erythrobacter Shiba and Shimidu 1982, Erythromicrobium Yurkov et al. 1994, Porphyrobacter Fuerst et al. 1993, Zymomonas Kluyver and van Niel 1936, and Sandaracinobacter Yurkov et al. 1997, with the type genus Sphingomonas Yabuuchi et al. 1990. Microbiol Immunol 2000; 44:563-575.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Thermobacterium" Buchanan 1918. Publication: Lindner P. Gärungsstudien über Pulque in Mexiko. Bericht des Westpreussischen Botanisch-Zoologischen Vereins 2928; 50:253-255.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Zvmomonas"; "Zyinomonas"; "Zymoinonas"; "Zymonomas"; "Zynomonas".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; NRRL: 2; CIP: 2; LMG: 2; JCM: 2; ATCC: 2; CCUG: 2.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ZYMN" 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: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Zymomonas mobile (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Zymomonas mobilis corrig. (Lindner 1928) Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Zymomonadaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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