LIST OF CHANGES IN TAXONOMIC OPINION NO. 25
Oren and Garrity, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017;67:7–8
DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.001710
Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously
published outside the IJSEM
Aharon Oren1,* and George M. Garrity2,*
The Bacteriological Code deals with the nomenclature of
prokaryotes. This may include existing names (the
Approved Lists of Bacterial Names) as well as new names
and new combinations. In this sense the Code is also dealing
indirectly with taxonomic opinions. However, as with most
codes of nomenclature there are no mechanisms for formally recording taxonomic opinions that do not involve the
creation of new names or new combinations. In particular,
it would be desirable for taxonomic opinions resulting from
the creation of synonyms or emended descriptions to be
made widely available to the public. In 2004, the Editorial
Board of the International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology (IJSEM) agreed unanimously that it
was desirable to cover such changes in taxonomic opinions
(i.e. the creation of synonyms or the emendation of circumscriptions) previously published outside the IJSEM, and to
introduce a List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion [Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM; Euzeby et al. Int J Syst Evol
Microbiol 2004;54:1429–1430]. Scientists wishing to have
changes in taxonomic opinion included in future lists
should send a PDF file of the relevant publication to the
IJSEM Editorial Office or to the Lists Editor.
It must be stressed that the date of proposed taxonomic
changes is the date of the original publication, not the
date of publication of the list. Taxonomic opinions
included in the List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion
cannot be considered as validly published nor, in any
other way, approved by the International Committee on
Systematics of Prokaryotes and its Judicial Commission.
The names that are to be used are those that are the
‘correct names’ (in the sense of Principle 6) in the opinion of the bacteriologist, with a given circumscription,
position and rank. A particular name, circumscription,
position and rank does not have to be adopted in all
circumstances. Consequently, the List of Changes in
Taxonomic Opinion must be considered as a service to
bacteriology and it has no ‘official character’, other than
providing a centralized point for registering/indexing
such changes in a way that makes them easily accessible
to the scientific community.
Name/authors
Proposed as:
Reference
Advenella kashmirensis (Ghosh et al. 2005) Gibello et al. 2009 emend. Shmareva et al. 2016, 646
emend.
9
Burkholderia grimmiae Tian et al. 2013 emend. Peeters et al. 2016, 16*
emend.
8
Burkholderia sordidicola Lim et al. 2003 emend. Peeters et al. 2016, 16*
emend.
8
Burkholderia zhejiangensis Lu et al. 2012 emend. Peeters et al. 2016, 16*
emend.
8
Enterobacter hormaechei O’Hara et al. 1990 emend. Hoffmann et al. 2005, 3301†
emend.
4
Erysipelothrix inopinata Verbarg et al. 2004 emend. Tegtmeier et al. 2016, 327
emend.
11
Erysipelotrichaceae Verbarg et al. 2004 emend. Tegtmeier et al. 2016, 327
emend.
11
Flavobacterium suncheonense Kim et al. 2006 emend. Tashkandy et al. 2016, 8*
emend.
10
Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001 emend. Aliyu et al. 2016, 532
emend.
1
Gramella echinicola Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005 emend. Panschin et al. 2016, 13*
emend.
7
Gramella portivictoriae Lau et al. 2005 emend. Panschin et al. 2016, 13*
emend.
7
Halobacteriaceae Gibbons 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Gupta et al. 2016, 1521
emend.
3
Haloferacaceae Gupta et al. 2015 emend. Gupta et al. 2016, 1523
emend.
3
Halomonas caseinilytica Wu et al. 2008 pro synon Halomonas sinaiensis Romano et al. 2011‡
synon.
5
Halomonas sinaiensis Romano et al. 2011 emend. Hwang et al. 2016, 1350
emend.
5
Nitrosococcus Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Wang et al. 2016, 9*
emend.
13
Salinibacter Antón et al. 2002 emend. Munoz et al. 2016, 293
emend.
6
Author affiliations: 1The Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, The Edmond J. Safra Campus, Jerusalem 91904, Israel;
2
Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, Biomedical Physical Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-4320, USA.
*Correspondence: Aharon Oren, [email protected]; George M. Garrity, [email protected]
Keywords: List; Names; Emendation; Synonyms.
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cont.
Name/authors
Proposed as:
Reference
Tsukamurella carboxydivorans Park et al. 2009 pro synon. Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens Yassin et al. 1997*
synon.
12
Tsukamurella pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004 emend. Teng et al. 2016, 10*
emend.
12
Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996 emend. Teng et al. 2016, 10*
emend.
12
Tsukamurella spongiae Olson et al. 1996 pro synon. Tsukamurella pulmonis Yassin et al. 1996*
synon.
12
Tsukamurella sunchonensis Seong et al. 2008 pro synon. Tsukamurella pseudospumae Nam et al. 2004*
synon.
12
Tsukamurella tyrosinosolvens Yassin et al. 1997 emend. Teng et al. 2016, 10*
emend.
12
Varibaculum Hall et al. 2003 emend. Glaeser et al. 2016, 550
emend.
2
For references to Lists of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion nos 1–24 see Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005;55:7,1403; and 2006;56:11,1463;
and 2007;57:4,1376; and 2008;58:5,1515; and 2009;59:5,1559; and 2010;60:5,1482; and 2011;61:4,1504; and 2012;62:7,1448; and 2013;63:8,2371;
and 2014;64:8,2191; and 2015;65:7,2028; and 2016;66:7,2469.
*The online open-access journal in which the name was effectively published does not have continuous page numbers for each volume.
†Not O’Hara et al. 1989. Syllabification and etymology must be (hor.mae¢che.i. N.L. gen. n. hormaechei after Estenio Hormaeche…).
‡Hwang et al. proposed the reclassification of Halomonas caseinilytica Wu et al. 2008 as a later synonym of Halomonas sinaiensis based on the publication of the latter name in 2007 by Romano et al. However, the name H. sinaiensis was validly published only in 2011. Therefore the proposal by
Hwang et al. is not appropriate; instead, the name H. sinaiensis can be proposed as a later synonym of H. caseinilytica.
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