Name: Allopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.lo.pon.ti.xan.tho.bac’ter. Gr. masc. pron. allos, other; N.L. masc. n. Pontixanthobacter, a bacterial generic name; N.L. masc. n. Allopontixanthobacter, a false Pontixanthobacter

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Allopontixanthobacter-), al-lo-pon-ti-xan-t^ho-BAK-ter

Type species: Allopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021

Valid publication: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Corrigendum: Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and the proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4931. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5057.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020. Publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. 🇨🇳
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2021), Wang et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Allopontixanthobacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Allopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Allopontixanthobacter sediminis (Kim et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Corrigendum: Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and the proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4931. 🇨🇳

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