Name: Tritonibacter mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruegeria mobilis Muramatsu et al. 2007

Etymology: mo.bi’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. mobilis, movable, motile

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109181; MBIC 1146; NBRC 101030

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU977137 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Epibacterium mobile (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius (Lee et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Ruegeria mobilis Muramatsu et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Epibacterium mobile (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Lai et al. (2010), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007. Publication: Lai Q, Yuan J, Li F, Zheng T, Shao Z. Ruegeria pelagia is a later heterotypic synonym of Ruegeria mobilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1918-1920.
  • ❗ Tritonibacter mobilis 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 Tritonibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius (Lee et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. mobilis (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned subspecies

Parent taxon: Tritonibacter Klotz et al. 2018

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 11107