Name: Epibacterium multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans L. masc. adj. multus, many, numerous; L. v. vorare, to devour, swallow; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring many, referring to the utilization of numerous different substrates for growth

Gender: neuter

Type strains: CECT 7557; DSM 26470; KCTC 23350; strain MD5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FR727679 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wirth JS, Whitman WB. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2393-2411.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tritonibacter multivorans (Lucena et al. 2012) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Tropicibacter multivorans Lucena et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Epibacterium Penesyan et al. 2013

Assigned by: Wirth JS, Whitman WB. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2393-2411.

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