Name: "Fucophilus" Sakai et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fu.co’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. n. Fucophilus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Fucophil-), fu-KO-p^hi-lus

Type species: "Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus" Sakai et al. 2003

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Sakai T, Ishizuka K, Kato I. Isolation and characterization of a fucoidan-degrading marine bacterium. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2003; 5:409-416.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Choo et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the family Puniceicoccaceae Choo et al. 2007. Publication: Choo YJ, Lee K, Song J, Cho JC. Puniceicoccus vermicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium, and description of Puniceicoccaceae fam. nov., Puniceicoccales ord. nov., Opitutaceae fam. nov., Opitutales ord. nov. and Opitutae classis nov. in the phylum 'Verrucomicrobia'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:532-537.
  • 🧕 Sakai et al. (2003) assigned this genus to the phylum "Verrucomicrobia". Publication: Sakai T, Ishizuka K, Kato I. Isolation and characterization of a fucoidan-degrading marine bacterium. Mar Biotechnol (NY) 2003; 5:409-416.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Fucophilus fucoidanolyticus" Sakai et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: [Verrucomicrobiota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.

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