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Register list for 11 new names in Dormibacterota including Aeolococcaceae fam. nov.

Submitted by Ferrari, Belinda

Order Aeolococcales

Etymology
[Ae.o.lo.coc'cales] N.L. masc. n. Aeolococcus, after the Greek god Aeolus, referring to extremely windy conditions of the Antarctic environment; -ales, ending denoting an order; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aeolococcales, the Aeolococcus order
Nomenclatural type
Genus Aeolococcus
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Family Aeolococcaceae

Etymology
[Ae.o.lo.coc.ca.ce'ae] N.L. masc. n. Aeolococcus, after the Greek god Aeolus, referring to extremely windy conditions of the Antarctic environment; -aceae, ending denoting a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Aeolococcaceae, the Aeolococcus family
Nomenclatural type
Genus Aeolococcus
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales » Aeolococcaceae
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Genus Amunia

Etymology
[A.mu'ni.a] N.L. fem. n. Amunia, after Amun, ancient Egyptian god of wind and vivifying breath.
Nomenclatural type
Species Amunia macphersoniaeTs
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales » Aeolococcaceae » Amunia
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Genus Nephthysia

Etymology
[Neph.thys'ia] Gr. fem. n. Nephthys, ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys, associated with deserts and darkness; N.L. fem. n. Nephthysia, after ancient Egyptian goddess Nephthys, associated with deserts and darkness, referring to the place of origin.
Nomenclatural type
Species Nephthysia bennettiaeTs
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » “Dormibacterales” » “Dormibacteraceae” » Nephthysia
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Genus Aeolococcus

Etymology
[Ae.o.lo.coc'cus] Gr. masc. n. Aiolos, Greek god, ruler of the winds; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, berry, referring to the coccoid morphology of cells); N.L. masc. n. Aeolococcus, after the Greek god Aeolus, referring to extremely windy conditions of the Antarctic environment
Nomenclatural type
Species Aeolococcus gillhamiaeTs
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales » Aeolococcaceae » Aeolococcus
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]
Assigned taxonomically: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Genus Dormibacter

Etymology
[Dor.mi.bac'ter] L. v. dormio, to sleep; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Dormibacter, a dormant rod
Nomenclatural type
Species Dormibacter spiritusTs
Description
Type genus of Dormibacterota. Genus defined based on phylogenomics of 38 conserved marker genes and the lack of any named close relative at the time.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » “Dormibacterales” » “Dormibacteraceae” » Dormibacter
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]
Original (not valid) publication: Ji et al., 2017 [2]

Species Amunia macphersoniaeTs

Etymology
[mac.pher'so.ni.ae] N.L. gen. n. macphersoniae, in honor of Australian Subantarctic voyager and pioneer Hope Macpherson.
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016464795.1 Ts
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales » Aeolococcaceae » Amunia » Amunia macphersoniaeTs
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Species Aeolococcus gillhamiaeTs

Etymology
[gill'ham.i.ae] N.L. gen. n. gillhamiae, in honor of Australian Subantarctic voyager and pioneer Mary Gillham.
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_003244045.1 Ts
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » Aeolococcales » Aeolococcaceae » Aeolococcus » Aeolococcus gillhamiaeTs
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Species Nephthysia bennettiaeTs

Etymology
[ben'net.ti.ae] N.L. gen. n. bennettiae, in honor of Australian Subantarctic voyager and pioneer Isobel Bennett
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016464775.1 Ts
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » “Dormibacterales” » “Dormibacteraceae” » Nephthysia » Nephthysia bennettiaeTs
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Species Dormibacter inghamiae

Etymology
[ingh.am'i.ae] N.L. gen. n. inghamiae, in honor of Susan Ingham, a Australian Subantarctic voyager, pioneer of subantarctic research on wildlife
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_016464725.1 Ts
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » “Dormibacterales” » “Dormibacteraceae” » Dormibacter » Dormibacter inghamiae
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

Species Dormibacter spiritusTs

Etymology
[spi'ri.tus] L. masc. gen. n. spiritus, of air; in reference to the use of atmospheric gases.
Nomenclatural type
NCBI Assembly: GCA_003244185.1 Ts
Description
Based on phylogenomic analysis of 120 concatenated single copy proteins. MSA was generated with GTDB-Tk v1.3.0 and tree was reconstructed with RaxML v8.2.12.
Classification
Bacteria » “Dormibacterota” » “Dormibacteria” » “Dormibacterales” » “Dormibacteraceae” » Dormibacter » Dormibacter spiritusTs
References
Effective publication: Montgomery et al., 2021 [1]

References

  1. Montgomery et al. (2021). Persistence and resistance: survival mechanisms of Candidatus Dormibacterota from nutrient‐poor Antarctic soils. Environmental Microbiology. DOI:10.1111/1462-2920.15610
  2. Ji et al. (2017). Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil. Nature. DOI:10.1038/nature25014

Register List Certificate of Validation

On behalf of the Committee on the Systematics of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data (SeqCode Committee), we hereby certify that the Register List seqco.de/r:acset5a1 submitted by Ferrari, Belinda and including 11 new names has been successfully validated.


Date of Priority: 2024-10-04 01:30 UTC
DOI: 10.57973/seqcode.r:acset5a1