Name: Kurthia Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Kurth’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Kurthia, named for H. Kurth, the German bacteriologist who described the type species

Gender: feminine (stem: Kurthi-)

Type species: Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Trevisan V. Carratteri di alcuni nuovi generi di Batteriacee. Atti della Accademia Fisica-Medica-Stastistica in Milano (ser 4) 1885; 3:92-107.

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, conserved name

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Emendations:
  • Ruan et al. 2014 Ruan Z, Wang Y, Song J, Jiang S, Wang H, Li Y, Zhao B, Jiang R, Zhao B. Kurthia huakuii sp. nov., isolated from biogas slurry, and emended description of the genus Kurthia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:518-521. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family Brevibacteriaceae Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • 🧕 De Vos et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Bacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🧕 Prevot (1961) assigned this genus to the tribe Eubacterieae Prévot 1961 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Prévot AR. Traité de Systématique Bactérienne, vol. 2. Dunod, Paris, 1961.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus "Bacterium" Ehrenberg 1831. Publication: Kurth H. Über Bacterium Zopfii, eine neue Bacterienart. Berichte der Deutschen botanischen Gesellschaft 1883; 1:97-100.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kiirthia"; "Kurahia"; "Kurehia"; "Kurhia"; "Kurihia"; "Kurlhia"; "Kurtbia"; "Kurthta"; "Kurtliia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Roux et al. (2014). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 5; DSM: 5; NBRC: 3; ATCC: 3; LMG: 3; CIP: 3; KCTC: 2; VKM: 2; NCIMB: 2; CCUG: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "KURT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Kurthia catenaforma" Kato et al. 1968	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Candidatus Kurthia equi" Gilroy et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kurthia gibsonii Shaw and Keddie 1983	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kurthia huakuii Ruan et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Kurthia intestinigallinarum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kurthia massiliensis Roux et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kurthia populi Fang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kurthia ruminicola" Kim et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Kurthia senegalensis Roux et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kurthia sibirica Belikova et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Kurthia zopfii (Kurth 1883) Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.

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