Name: Alteripontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.te.ri.pon.ti.xan.tho.bac’ter. L. masc. pron. alter, another, other, different; N.L. masc. n. Pontixanthobacter, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Alteripontixanthobacter, another or different Pontixanthobacter

Gender: masculine (stem: Alteripontixanthobacter-)

Type species: Alteripontixanthobacter maritimus (Kang et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Altererythrobacter Kwon et al. 2007. Publication: Kang H, Kim H, Joh K. Altererythrobacter maritimus sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1566-1572.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 2; LMG: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Parapontixanthobacter from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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
    Alteripontixanthobacter maritimus (Kang et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alteripontixanthobacter muriae (Azpiazu-Muniozguren et al. 2021) Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: 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.

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