Genus Cellulophaga

Name: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cellulophag-), kel-lu-LO-p^ha-ga

Type species: Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Paracellulophaga" Nakajima et al. 2026	heterotypic synonym, not validly published

Emendations:
- 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.

Notes:
- 🚋 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".
- 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF. 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: 5; LMG: 5; ATCC: 4; NBRC: 3; KCTC: 3; ACAM: 2; CCUG: 2; IFO: 2.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

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
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

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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