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Genus Pseudopontixanthobacter
Name: Pseudopontixanthobacter Sun et al. 2020
Etymology: Pseu.do.pon.ti.xan.tho.bac’ter. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Pontixanthobacter, a genus name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudopontixanthobacter, false Pontixanthobacter
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Pseudopontixanthobacter-), pse͡u-do-pon-ti-ksan-tho-BAK-ter
Type species: Pseudopontixanthobacter vadosimaris Sun et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Sun J, Guo J, Lin TH, Feng X, Zhang R. Pseudopontixanthobacter vadosimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from shallow sea near Kueishan Island. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6444-6449. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Pseudopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2021), 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.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 1; MCCC: 1; KCTC: 1; LMG: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pseudopontixanthobacter muriae (Azpiazu-Muniozguren et al. 2021) Wang et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym Pseudopontixanthobacter vadosimaris Sun et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005
Assigned by:
Sun J, Guo J, Lin TH, Feng X, Zhang R. Pseudopontixanthobacter vadosimaris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from shallow sea near Kueishan Island. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6444-6449. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 14527
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