Genus "Comamonas"
Name: "Comamonas" Davis and Park 1962
Etymology: Co.ma.mo.nas. L. fem. n. coma, the hair of the head, hair; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Comamonas, cell with a polar tuft of flagella [probably better: Comimonas]
Gender: feminine (stem: Comamonad-)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Davis GH, Park RW. A taxonomic study of certain bacteria currently classified as Vibrio species. J Gen Microbiol 1962; 27:101-119. 
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)
Correct name: Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Comamonas" Miyamoto et al. 1961 homotypic synonym, not validly published Comamonas (ex Davis and Park 1962) De Vos et al. 1985 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Chmomonas"; "Comamenas"; "Comamon"; "Commamonas"; "Commonas"; "Comomonas".
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Hugh R, Sakazaki R. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Vibrios. Minutes of the closed meeting, 3 September 1974, Tokyo, Japan. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1975; 25:389-391.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCUG: 4; NRRL: 4; NBRC: 4; IFO: 4; LMG: 4; JCM: 3; CIP: 2; NCCB: 2; NCIMB: 2; NCTC: 2.
- 😷 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".
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🧕 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 6
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Comamonas acidivorans" Willems et al. 1989 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Comamonas avium" Gilroy et al. 2021 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Comamonas faecalis" Kim and Lee 2014 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Comamonas flocculans" Kim et al. 2020 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) "Comamonas percolans" (ex Mudd and Warren 1923) Davis and Park 1962 not validly published synonym (and no standing) "Comamonas terrigena" (Günther 1894) Hugh 1962 not validly published synonym (and no standing)
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Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.
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Record number: 15348
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