Name: Aurantiacibacter Xu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Au.ran.ti.a.ci.bac’ter. N.L. masc. adj. aurantiacus, orange-coloured; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod or staff; N.L. masc. n. Aurantiacibacter, orange-coloured rod

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Aurantiacibacter-), a͡u-ran-ti-a-ki-BAK-ter

Type species: Aurantiacibacter gangjinensis (Lee et al. 2010) 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 Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982. Publication: Lee YS, Lee DH, Kahng HY, Kim EM, Jung JS. Erythrobacter gangjinensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1413-1417. 🇰🇷
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Auranciacibacter".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lee and Kim (2020), Xu et al. (2020), Park et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 12; MCCC: 5; JCM: 5; KACC: 4; NBRC: 3; TBRC: 2; LMG: 2; CCTCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; KCCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 17
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 17
Total number of child taxa: 18

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aurantiacibacter alti" (Yoon 2020) Kim et al. 2025	not validly published	synonym
    Aurantiacibacter aquimixticola (Park et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter arachoides (Xing et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter atlanticus (Zhuang et al. 2015) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter flavus Park et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter gangjinensis (Lee et al. 2010) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter gilvus Park et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter hainanensis Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter luteus (Lei et al. 2015) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter marinus (Jung et al. 2012) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter odishensis (Subhash et al. 2013) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter poecillastricola Kim et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter rhizosphaerae Lee and Kim 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter sediminis Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter spongiae (Zhuang et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter suaedae (Lee et al. 2019) Lee and Kim 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter xanthus (Li et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aurantiacibacter zhengii (Fang et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020	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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