Name: Thalassobaculum Zhang et al. 2008

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.ba.cu.lum. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. neut. n. baculum, stick; N.L. neut. n. Thalassobaculum, rod-shaped bacterium from the sea

Gender: neuter (stem: Thalassobacul-)

Type species: Thalassobaculum litoreum Zhang et al. 2008

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1058-1059.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Urios et al. 2010 Urios L, Michotey V, Intertaglia L, Lesongeur F, Lebaron P. Thalassobaculum salexigens sp. nov., a new member of the family Rhodospirillaceae from the NW Mediterranean Sea, and emended description of the genus Thalassobaculum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:209-213. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Thalassobaculaceae Hördt et al. 2020. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Thalassobaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Thalassobaculales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Zhang et al. (2008) assigned this genus to the family Rhodospirillaceae Pfennig and Trüper 1971 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zhang GI, Hwang CY, Cho BC. Thalassobaculum litoreum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodospirillaceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:479-485.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thalassobacuium".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; MCCC: 1; KCCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Thalassobaculum fulvum Su et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassobaculum litoreum Zhang et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Thalassobaculum salexigens Urios et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Thalassobaculaceae Hördt et al. 2020

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

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