Name: Neomelitea Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ne.o.me.li.te’a. Gr. masc. adj. neos, new; N.L. fem. n. Melitea, a bacterial genus name; N.L. fem. n. Neomelitea, a new Melitea

Gender: feminine (stem: Neomelite-)

Type species: Neomelitea salexigens (Urios et al. 2008) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Christiangramia gen. nov., Neomelitea gen. nov. and Nicoliella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, Melitea Urios et al. 2008 and Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5806.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5937.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Melitea Urios et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Spongiibacter Graeber et al. 2008. Publication: Graeber I, Kaesler I, Borchert MS, Dieckmann R, Pape T, Lurz R, Nielsen P, von Dohren H, Michaelis W, Szewzyk U. Spongiibacter marinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic marine bacterium isolated from the boreal sponge Haliclona sp. 1. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:585-590.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.32089 (N = 2).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Neomelitea salexigens (Urios et al. 2008) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Spongiibacteraceae Spring et al. 2015

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Christiangramia gen. nov., Neomelitea gen. nov. and Nicoliella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Gramella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005, Melitea Urios et al. 2008 and Nicolia Oliphant et al. 2022, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5806.

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Record number: 37506