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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Paracellulophaga"

Name: "Paracellulophaga" Nakajima et al. 2026

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.cel.lu.lo’pha.ga. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside; N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; Gr. inf. v. phageîn, to eat; N.L. fem. n. Paracellulophaga, cellulose eater alongside, referring to the endocellulase enzyme activity and close phylogenetic relationship to the genus Cellulophaga

Gender: feminine (stem: Paracellulophag-)

Original publication: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Nakajima Y, Wong S-K, Muramatsu Y, Cuadra MJ, Zenimoto K, Ou K, Chiura HX, Nakamura K, Gotoh Y, Hayashi T, et al. Phylogenomic reclassification of Cellulophaga species to Paracellulophaga gen. nov. and description of Allocellulophaga tsushimaensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium from coastal seawater of Tsushima Island, Japan. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2026; 119:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71170

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