Name: Petrobacter Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pe.tro.bac’ter. Gr. fem. n. petra, rock, stone; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod, staff; N.L. masc. n. Petrobacter, the stone bacterium

Gender: masculine (stem: Petrobacter-)

Type species: Petrobacter succinatimandens Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004

Valid publication: Salinas MB, Fardeau ML, Cayol JL, Casalot L, Patel BK, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Ollivier B. Petrobacter succinatimandens gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic, nitrate-reducing bacterium isolated from an Australian oil well. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:645-649.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Tepidiphilus Manaia et al. 2003. Publication: Poddar A, Lepcha RT, Das SK. Taxonomic study of the genus Tepidiphilus: transfer of Petrobacter succinatimandens to the genus Tepidiphilus as Tepidiphilus succinatimandens comb. nov., emended description of the genus Tepidiphilus and description of Tepidiphilus thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from a terrestrial hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:228-235.
  • ❗ Petrobacter 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: CIP: 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
    Petrobacter succinatimandens Bonilla Salinas et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Hydrogenophilaceae Garrity et al. 2006

Assigned by: Boden R, Hutt LP, Rae AW. Reclassification of Thiobacillus aquaesulis (Wood & Kelly, 1995) as Annwoodia aquaesulis gen. nov., comb. nov., transfer of Thiobacillus (Beijerinck, 1904) from the Hydrogenophilales to the Nitrosomonadales, proposal of Hydrogenophilalia class. nov. within the 'Proteobacteria', and four new families within the orders Nitrosomonadales and Rhodocyclales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1191-1205.

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