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: masculine (stem: Parapontixanthobacter-)

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

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Altererythrobacter Kwon et al. 2007. Publication: Zhang G, Yang Y, Wang L. Altererythrobacter aurantiacus sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:1245-1251.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; MCCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; JCM: 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: 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
    Parapontixanthobacter aurantiacus (Zhang et al. 2016) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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