Name: Marinobacterium georgiense González et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.or.gi.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. georgiense, pertaining to Georgia, U.S.A., the place where the bacterium was first isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 700074; CIP 105236; DSM 11526; JCM 21667; KW-40; NBRC 102606

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681881 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gonzalez JM, Mayer F, Moran MA, Hodson RE, Whitman WB. Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:369-376.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:917-919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) Tindall 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) Tindall 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudomonas iners Iizuka and Komagata 1964 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Satomi et al. 2002 Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinobacterium González et al. 1997. Publication: Gonzalez JM, Mayer F, Moran MA, Hodson RE, Whitman WB. Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:369-376.
  • ⏲ According to Tindall (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) Tindall 2020. Publication: Tindall BJ. Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) comb. nov. arising from the Synonymy of Marinobacterium georgiense Gonzalez et al. 1997 and Pseudomonas iners Iizuka and Komagata 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Curr Microbiol 2019; 76:1128-1129.
  • ⏲ According to Tindall (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas iners Iizuka and Komagata 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) comb. nov. arising from the Synonymy of Marinobacterium georgiense Gonzalez et al. 1997 and Pseudomonas iners Iizuka and Komagata 1964 (Approved Lists 1980). Curr Microbiol 2019; 76:1128-1129.
  • ⏰ According to Satomi et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinobacterium iners (Iizuka and Komagata 1964) Tindall 2020 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747.
  • ⏰ According to Satomi et al. (2002), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas iners Iizuka and Komagata 1964 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Satomi M, Kimura B, Hamada T, Harayama S, Fujii T. Phylogenetic study of the genus Oceanospirillum based on 16S rRNA and gyrB genes: emended description of the genus Oceanospirillum, description of Pseudospirillum gen. nov., Oceanobacter gen. nov. and Terasakiella gen. nov. and transfer of Oceanospirillum jannaschii and Pseudomonas stanieri to Marinobacterium as Marinobacterium jannaschii comb. nov. and Marinobacterium stanieri comb. no. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:739-747.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 31. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:9-10.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 191. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1-5.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Marinobacterium georgiense is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Marinobacterium.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Marinobacterium González et al. 1997

Assigned by: Gonzalez JM, Mayer F, Moran MA, Hodson RE, Whitman WB. Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., two marine bacteria from a lignin-rich pulp mill waste enrichment community. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:369-376.

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