Name: Plesiocystis Iizuka et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ples.i.o.cys’tis. Gr. masc. n. plêsios, neighbour; Gr. fem. n. kystis, bladder; N.L. fem. n. Plesiocystis, neighbour bladder (to imply the genus is phylogenetically clustered next to the genus Nannocystis on the dendrogram)

Gender: feminine (stem: Plesiocyst-)

Type species: Plesiocystis pacifica Iizuka et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Iizuka T, Jojima Y, Fudou R, Hiraishi A, Ahn JW, Yamanaka S. Plesiocystis pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine myxobacterium that contains dihydrogenated menaquinone, isolated from the Pacific coasts of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:189-195.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
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
    Plesiocystis pacifica Iizuka et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Nannocystaceae Reichenbach 2006

Assigned by: Yamamoto E, Muramatsu H, Nagai K. Vulgatibacter incomptus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Labilithrix luteola gen. nov., sp. nov., two myxobacteria isolated from soil in Yakushima Island, and the description of Vulgatibacteraceae fam. nov., Labilitrichaceae fam. nov. and Anaeromyxobacteraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3360-3368.

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