Name: Ilumatobacter coccineus corrig. Matsumoto et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coc.ci’ne.us. L. masc. adj. coccineus, scarlet

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 29153; NBRC 103263; YM 16-304

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB360346 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Shizuri Y, Ichikawa N, Fujita N, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter nonamiense sp. nov. and Ilumatobacter coccineum sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3404-3408.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ilumatobacter coccineum Matsumoto et al. 2013	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04835 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The gender of the epithet was corrected from neuter to masculine in the Notification List in IJSEM, hence the corrig. designation. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, coccineum (sic), has been corrected in the IJSEM Notification List (IJSEM 63:4372). Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Parent taxon: Ilumatobacter Matsumoto et al. 2009

Assigned by: Matsumoto A, Kasai H, Matsuo Y, Shizuri Y, Ichikawa N, Fujita N, Omura S, Takahashi Y. Ilumatobacter nonamiense sp. nov. and Ilumatobacter coccineum sp. nov., isolated from seashore sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3404-3408.

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Record number: 794431