Name: Pseudopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pseu.do.pon.ti.xan.tho.bac’ter. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. masc. n. Pontixanthobacter, a bacteria generic name; N.L. masc. n. Pseudopontixanthobacter, false Pontixanthobacter

Gender: masculine (stem: Pseudopontixanthobacter-)

Type species: Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021

Valid publication: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4780.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name, later homonym

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Allopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021	homotypic 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 Pontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020. 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.
  • 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Pseudopontixanthobacter Sun et al. 2020.
  • 💁 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: NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of Pseudopontixanthobacter Sun et al. 2020. 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
    Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis (Kim et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Corrigendum: Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and the proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4931.

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