Name: Seleniibacterium seleniigenes (Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007) Waite et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pelobacter seleniigenes Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007

Etymology: se.le.ni.i’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. selenium, selenium (Se); Gr. ind. v. gennaô, produce; N.L. part. adj. seleniigenes, selenium-producing

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1388; DSM 18267; KM

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ991964 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pelobacter seleniigenes Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelobacter seleniigenes Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Seleniibacterium Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • ❗ Seleniibacterium seleniigenes 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 Seleniibacterium.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Seleniibacterium Waite et al. 2020

Assigned by: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

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Record number: 17488