Name: Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius (Lee et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007

Etymology: pe.la’gi.us. L. masc. adj. pelagius, of the sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HTCC2662; KCCM 42378; NBRC 102038

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU977138 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 (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Hördt et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Ruegeria mobilis Muramatsu et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Epibacterium mobile (Muramatsu et al. 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank
    Ruegeria pelagia Lee et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tritonibacter mobilis subsp. pelagius is the correct name instead if this subspecies is regarded as a separate subspecies (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another subspecies whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate species Tritonibacter mobilis within a separate genus Tritonibacter.

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

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: 11150