Name: Flexithrix Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fle.xi’thrix. L. masc. perf. part. flexus, flexible; Gr. fem. n. thrix, hair; N.L. fem. n. Flexithrix, flexible hair (flexible rod)

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Flexitrich-), fle-XI-t^hrix

Type species: Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lewin RA. Flexithrix dorotheae gen. et sp. nov. (Flexibacterales); and suggestions for reclassifying sheathed bacteria. Can J Microbiol 1970; 16:511-515.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Hosoya and Yokota 2007 Hosoya S, Yokota A. Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1086-1088. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Flexitlzrix".
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06622 (N = 16).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: IFO: 1; NBRC: 1; ATCC: 1; LMG: 1; DSM: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "FXTX" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Flammeovirgaceae Yoon et al. 2011

Assigned by: Yoon J, Adachi K, Park S, Kasai H, Yokota A. Aureibacter tunicatorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from a coral reef sea squirt, and description of Flammeovirgaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2342-2347.

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