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Genus Cellulophaga
Name: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999
Etymology: Cel.lu.lo’pha.ga. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Cellulophaga, eater of cellulose, referring to the endocellulase enzyme activity
Gender: feminine (stem: Cellulophag-)
Type species: Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Johansen JE, Nielsen P, Sjoholm C. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1231-1240. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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García-López et al. 2019
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
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García-López et al. 2019
Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Celluliphaga"; "Cellulopha"; "Cellulophage"; "Lulophaga".
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
Bernardet JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria. Minutes of the meetings, 16 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2002; 52:1071-1073.
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🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP.
Publication:
J.-F.Bernardet. Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 16 and 17 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2002; 52:1071-1073.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04947 (N = 5).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 6; JCM: 5; CIP: 4; ATCC: 4; NBRC: 3; KCTC: 3; CCUG: 2; IFO: 2; CECT: 1; NCIMB: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 9
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Cellulophaga algicola Bowman 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga baltica Johansen et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga fucicola Johansen et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga geojensis Park et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Cellulophaga omnivescoria" Valdehuesa et al. 2018 not validly published preferred name (not correct name) Cellulophaga pacifica Nedashkovskaya et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga tyrosinoxydans Kahng et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Cellulophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bowman 2000 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070.
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