Lichenibacterium

Lichenibacterium
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Pseudomonadati
Phylum: Pseudomonadota
Class: Alphaproteobacteria
Order: Hyphomicrobiales
Family: Lichenibacteriaceae
Pankratov et al. 2020[1]
Genus: Lichenibacterium
Pankratov et al. 2020[1]
Species[2]
  • Lichenibacterium minor Pankratov et al. 2020
  • Lichenibacterium ramalinae Pankratov et al. 2020

Lichenibacterium is a genus of Alphaproteobacteria. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Lichenibacteriaceae.[2]

Taxonomic considerations

Whole-genome analyses of type strains indicate that Lichenibacterium and Lichenihabitans (Lichenihabitantaceae) form a well-supported monophyletic group.[3] Broader genome and metagenome-based analyses further support inclusion of Lichenifustis (Lichenihabitantaceae) within the same lineage.[4]

Based on phylogenomic analyses[4], the relationships among described species are as follows:

other Hyphomicrobiales

Roseiarcaceae

Lichenibacteriaceae

Lichenibacterium ramalinae

Lichenibacterium minor

Lichenibacterium dinghuense

Lichenihabitantaceae
Lichenihabitans

L. psoromatis

Lichenifustis

L. flavocetrariae

Formal taxonomic emendations merging Lichenibacteriaceae into Lichenihabitantaceae have not yet been validly published.

References

  1. ^ a b Pankratov TA, Grouzdev DS, Patutina EO, Kolganova TV, Suzina NE, Berestovskaya JJ (2020). "Lichenibacterium ramalinae gen. nov, sp. nov., Lichenibacterium minor sp. nov., the first endophytic, beta-carotene producing bacterial representatives from lichen thalli and the proposal of the new family Lichenibacteriaceae within the order Rhizobiales". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 113 (4): 477–489. doi:10.1007/s10482-019-01357-6. PMID 31741189. S2CID 208170127.
  2. ^ a b Euzéby JP, Parte AC. "Lichenibacterium". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  3. ^ diCenzo, G.C.; Yang, Y.; Young, J.P.W.; Kuzmanović, N. (2024). "Refining the taxonomy of the order Hyphomicrobiales (Rhizobiales) based on whole genome comparisons of over 130 type strains". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 74 (4): 006328. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.006328.
  4. ^ a b Leducq, J.B.; St-Amand, L.P.; Ross, D.; Kembel, S.W. (2026). "A phylogenomic and metagenomic meta-analysis of bacterial diversity in the phyllosphere lifts a veil on hyphomicrobiales dark matter". Systematic and Applied Microbiology. 49 (2) 126697. doi:10.1016/j.syapm.2026.126697.