Name: Terrabacter Collins et al. 1989

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ter.ra.bac’ter. L. fem. n. terra, earth; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. n. bacterum, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Terrabacter, earth [soil] rod [probably better: Terribacter]

Gender: masculine (stem: Terrabacter-)

Type species: Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Collins MD, Dorsch M, Stackebrandt E. Transfer of Pimelobacter tumescens to Terrabacter gen. nov. as Terrabacter tumescens comb. nov. and of Pimelobacter jensenii to Nocardioides as Nocardioides jensenii comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:1-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Corynebacterium Lehmann and Neumann 1896 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Jensen HL. Studies on saprophytic mycobactera and corynebacteria. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1934; 59:19-61.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Arthrobacter Conn and Dimmick 1947 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Conn HJ, Dimmick I. Soil Bacteria Similar in Morphology to Mycobacterium and Corynebacterium. J Bacteriol 1947; 54:291-303.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pimelobacter Suzuki and Komagata 1983. Publication: Suzuki K, Komagata K. Pimelobacter gen. nov., a new genus of coryneform bacteria with LL-diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1983; 29:59-71.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Terrobacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Weon et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 9; DSM: 8; KCTC: 6; LMG: 3; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 2; CECT: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; VKM: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "TRBT" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 11

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Terrabacter aeriphilus Weon et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter aerolatus Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter carboxydivorans Kim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter ginsengisoli Jin et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter ginsenosidimutans An et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Terrabacter humi" Akter et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Terrabacter koreensis Won et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter lapilli Lee et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter terrae Montero-Barrientos et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter terrigena Yoon et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Terrabacter tumescens (Jensen 1934) Collins et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Intrasporangiaceae Rainey et al. 1997

Assigned by: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.

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