Name: Fibrobacter Montgomery et al. 1988

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fi.bro.bac.ter. L. fem. n. fibra, a fibre or filament; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Fibrobacter, bacterial rod that subsists on fiber

Gender: masculine (stem: Fibrobacter-)

Type species: Fibrobacter succinogenes (Hungate 1950) Montgomery et al. 1988

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Montgomery L, Flesher B, Stahl D. Transfer of Bacteroides succinogenes (Hungate) to Fibrobacter gen. nov. as Fibrobacter succinogenes comb. nov. and description of Fibrobacter intestinalis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:430-435.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class Fibrobacteria Spain et al. 2012. Publication: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Class I. Fibrobacteria class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fibrobacteraceae Spain et al. 2012. Publication: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Family I. Fibrobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Fibrobacterales Spain et al. 2012. Publication: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Order I. Fibrobacterales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum Fibrobacterota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the phylum "Fibrobacteres" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (1998) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Fibrobacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1998. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. A revised six-kingdom system of life. Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc 1998; 73:203-266.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith (2002) assigned this genus to the class Flavobacteria Cavalier-Smith 2002. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. The neomuran origin of archaebacteria, the negibacterial root of the universal tree and bacterial megaclassification. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:7-76.
  • 🧕 Cavalier-Smith and Chao (2020) assigned this genus to the subphylum "Cloacimonetes" Cavalier-Smith 2020. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T, Chao EE. Multidomain ribosomal protein trees and the planctobacterial origin of neomura (eukaryotes, archaebacteria). Protoplasma 2020; 257:621-753.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the class Fibrobacteria Spain et al. 2012. Publication: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Class I. Fibrobacteria class. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the order Fibrobacterales Spain et al. 2012. Publication: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Order I. Fibrobacterales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.
  • 🧕 Oren and Garrity (2021) assigned this genus to the phylum Fibrobacterota Garrity and Holt 2021. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Valid publication of the names of forty-two phyla of prokaryotes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5056.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacteroides Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hungate RE. The anaerobic mesophilic cellulolytic bacteria. Bacteriol Rev 1950; 14:1-49.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pibrobacter".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 2.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FBBT" 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: 2
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
    Fibrobacter intestinalis Montgomery et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fibrobacter succinogenes (Hungate 1950) Montgomery et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fibrobacteraceae Spain et al. 2012

Assigned by: Spain AM, Forsberg CW, Krumholz LR. Family I. Fibrobacteraceae fam. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 739.

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