Name: Amorphus Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. masc. n. Amorphus, a bacterium without defined shape; from Gr. masc./fem. adj. amorphos, without form, shapeless

Gender: masculine (stem: Amorph-)

Type species: Amorphus coralli Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zeevi Ben Yosef D, Ben-Dov E, Kushmaro A. Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2704-2709.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:452-453.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🧕 Hoerdt et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Amorphaceae Hördt et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🧕 Zeevi-Ben-Yosef et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the order Rhizobiales Kuykendall 2006. Publication: Zeevi Ben Yosef D, Ben-Dov E, Kushmaro A. Amorphus coralli gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from coral mucus, belonging to the order Rhizobiales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2704-2709.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03420 (N = 29).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NBRC: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Amorphus coralli Zeevi Ben Yosef et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amorphus orientalis Wang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Amorphus suaedae Hwang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Acuticoccaceae Lai et al. 2019

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