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Genus Formosa
Name: Formosa Ivanova et al. 2004
Etymology: For.mo’sa. N.L. fem. n. Formosa, beautiful, finely formed
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Formos-), for-MO-sa
Type species: Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006
Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Vancanneyt M, Snauwaert C, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, Zhukova NV, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, et al. Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:161-167. 🇷🇺
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Shakeela et al. 2015
Shakeela Q, Shehzad A, Zhang Y, Tang K, Zhang XH. Flavirhabdus iliipiscaria gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from intestine of flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) and emended descriptions of the genera Flavivirga, Algibacter, Bizionia and Formosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1347-1353. 🇨🇳
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
Notes:- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
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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.
Notes:- ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 1 species from the genus.
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Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006
Nedashkovskaya OI, Kim SB, Vancanneyt M, Snauwaert C, Lysenko AM, Rohde M, Frolova GM, Zhukova NV, Mikhailov VV, Bae KS, et al. Formosa agariphila sp. nov., a budding bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from marine environments, and emended description of the genus Formosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:161-167.
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Fomosa".
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 6; KMM: 3; DSM: 3; KCCM: 2; LMG: 2; CECT: 2; NBRC: 2; MCCC: 1; KACC: 1; CIP: 1.
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 Formosa agariphila Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP correct name Formosa algae Ivanova et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Formosa arctica Kwon et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Formosa bonchosmolovskayae" Nedashkovskaya et al. 2026 not validly published preferred name Formosa haliotis Tanaka et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Formosa maritima Cao et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Formosa sediminum Han et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name Formosa spongicola Yoon and Oh 2011 validly published under the ICNP synonym Formosa undariae Park et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992
Assigned by:
Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YV, Flavier S, Wright JP, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Mikhailov VV, Nicolau DV, Christen R. Formosa algae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:705-711. 🇦🇺
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Record number: 515652
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