Name: Lysobacter enzymogenes Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.zy.mo’ge.nes. N.L. fem. n. enzyma, enzyme; from Gr. fem. n. zymê, leaven; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. part. adj. enzymogenes, enzyme-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29487; DSM 2043; LMG 8762; strain 495; UASM 495

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT851480 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.

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

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Lin et al. 2016 Lin SY, Hameed A, Shahina M, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Wen CZ, Young CC. Description of Luteimonas pelagia sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment, and emended descriptions of Luteimonas aquatica, Luteimonas composti, Luteimonas mephitis, Lysobacter enzymogenes and Lysobacter panaciterrae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:645-651. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.
    Notes:
    • The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Lysobacter Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.
  • However, these subspecies were not cited in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names [2, 3]. Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
  • See also: Publication: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Amended edition. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, 1989.
  • The omission of these names from the Approved Lists 1980 is clearly not in accordance with the Rule 24a, Note 1 of Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision). According to Rule 23a Note 4, the Judicial Commission may correct the Approved Lists. Consequently Tindall and Euzéby [4] request that the Judicial Commission rules that these names be treated as having been included on the Approved Lists, and on the amended edition of the Lists. Publication: Tindall BJ, Euzeby JP. Lysobacter enzymogenes subsp. enzymogenes Christensen and Cook 1978, L. enzymogenes subsp. cookii Christensen 1978 and Streptococcus casseliflavus (Mundt and Graham 1968) Vaughan et al. 1978 should have been cited in the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2707-2709.

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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Lysobacter enzymogenes subsp. cookii" Christensen 1978	not validly published
    "Lysobacter enzymogenes subsp. enzymogenes" Christensen and Cook 1978	not validly published

Parent taxon: Lysobacter Christensen and Cook 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Christensen P, Cook FD. Lysobacter, a new genus of nonfruiting, gliding bacteria with a high base ratio. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:367-393.

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Record number: 784165