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Volume 73, Issue 7

Reclassification of and as comb. nov. and comb. nov., respectively, based on genome sequence analysis No Access

Abstract

Rapid advancements in DNA sequencing technologies are providing new approaches for bacterial taxonomy. The genus is a member of the family , which consists of more than 150 genera. In this study, genome sequence analysis was conducted to revisit the taxonomic status of and , the only two species of this genus. Genome sequence based phylogeny analysis showed that the genus was non-monophyletic: , the type species of genus , was clustered with the type species of the genus , whereas formed a robust cluster with the only two species of the genus . The values of average amino acid identity, genome-wide average nucleotide identity, alignment fractions and some phenotypic features showed that was more closely related with the type species of the genus than with , and was more closely related with the only two species of the genus than with . Based on these results, we consequently propose that and should be reclassified as comb. nov. and comb. nov. respectively.

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Keyword(s): Flaviramulus , Flaviramulus multivorans , Sabulilitoribacter , Wocania and Wocania arenilitoris
Funding
This study was supported by the:
  • Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Award ZR2019PC057)
    • Principle Award Recipient: LongyuZhao
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Reclassification of Sabulilitoribacter multivorans and Sabulilitoribacter arenilitoris as Flaviramulus multivorans comb. nov. and Wocania arenilitoris comb. nov., respectively, based on genome sequence analysis
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 73, 005994 (2023); https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.005994
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