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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Allocellulophaga"

Name: "Allocellulophaga" Nakajima et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.lo.cel.lu.lo’pha.ga. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other, different; N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Allocellulophaga, another cellulose eater, referring to the cellulase activity and phylogenetic distinctiveness from the genus Cellulophaga

Gender: feminine (stem: Allocellulophag-)

Type species: "Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis" Nakajima et al. 2026

Original publication: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71169

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