Name: Parapontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.ra.pon.ti.xan.tho.bac’ter. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside of, near, like; N.L. masc. n. Pontixanthobacter, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Parapontixanthobacter, near or like Pontixanthobacter

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Parapontixanthobacter-), pa-ra-pon-ti-xan-t^ho-BAK-ter

Type species: Parapontixanthobacter aurantiacus (Zhang et al. 2016) Xu et al. 2020

Valid publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Qipengyuania Feng et al. 2015

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actirhodobacter Xue et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Qipengyuania Feng et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Qipengyuania Feng et al. 2015. Publication: Wang Y, You H, Kong YH, Sun C, Wu LH, Kim SG, Lee JS, Xu L, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the order Sphingomonadales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6769.
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wang et al. (2025). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • ❗ Parapontixanthobacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; LMG: 1; JCM: 1; MCCC: 1.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Alteripontixanthobacter from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Parapontixanthobacter aurantiacus (Zhang et al. 2016) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

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