Name: Seleniibacterium Waite et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Se.le.ni.i.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. selenium, selenium (Se); N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod or staff; N.L. neut. n. Seleniibacterium, a rod that respire selenate

Gender: neuter (stem: Seleniibacteri-)

Type species: Seleniibacterium seleniigenes (Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007) Waite et al. 2020

Valid publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Pseudopelobacter" Waite et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Waite et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the family Geopsychrobacteraceae Waite et al. 2020. Publication: Waite DW, Chuvochina M, Pelikan C, Parks DH, Yilmaz P, Wagner M, Loy A, Naganuma T, Nakai R, Whitman WB, et al. Proposal to reclassify the proteobacterial classes Deltaproteobacteria and Oligoflexia, and the phylum Thermodesulfobacteria into four phyla reflecting major functional capabilities. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5972-6016.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Pelobacter Schink and Pfennig 1983. Publication: Narasingarao P, Haggblom MM. Pelobacter seleniigenes sp. nov., a selenate-respiring bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1937-1942.
  • ❗ Seleniibacterium is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: ATCC: 1; DSM: 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
    Seleniibacterium seleniigenes (Narasingarao and Häggblom 2007) Waite et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Desulfuromonadaceae corrig. Kuever et al. 2006

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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Record number: 17411