Name: Qipengyuania Feng et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Qi.pen.gyu.a’ni.a. N.L. fem. n. Qipengyuania, named after Qipeng Yuan, a Chinese biologist, who has achieved excellent accomplishments in biopharmaceuticals, natural product research and development, genetic engineering drugs, etc

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Qipengyuani-), qi-pen-gyu-A-ni-a

Type species: Qipengyuania sediminis Feng et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Feng XM, Mo YX, Han L, Nogi Y, Zhu YH, Lv J. Qipengyuania sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Erythrobacteraceae isolated from subterrestrial sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3658-3665. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Actirhodobacter Xue et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Parapontixanthobacter Xu et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Xu et al. 2020 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. 🇨🇳 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.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 10 new species in the genus.
  • Lee et al. 2025 Lee JK, Lee MW, Moon CY, Kim JM, Bayburt H, Choi BJ, Jeon CO. Carotenoid-Producing Qipengyuania algicola sp. nov. and Qipengyuania rhodophyticola sp. nov., Isolated from Marine Algae, and Emended Description of the Genus Qipengyuania Xu et al. 2020. J Microbiol Biotechnol 2025; 35:e2507023. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 44. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7140.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Qinpengyuania"; "Qipengyunia".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Liu et al. (2022), Wang et al. (2025), Yoon et al. (2005). 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 terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 25; GDMCC: 18; JCM: 15; MCCC: 9; DSM: 7; CGMCC: 5; CIP: 3; KACC: 3; KCCM: 3; LMG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 40
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 41
Total number of child taxa: 42

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Qipengyuania aerophila Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Qipengyuania aestuarii Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania algicida (Kristyanto et al. 2017) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania algicola Lee et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2004) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania atrilutea (Xue et al. 2021) Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania aurantiaca Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania benthica Wang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania citrea (Denner et al. 2002) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania flava (Yoon et al. 2003) Lee and Kim 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania flavescens Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania gaetbuli (Yoon et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania gelatinilytica Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania huizhouensis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania intermedia Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania lutea Wang et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania marincola Li et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania marisflavi (Park et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania mesophila Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania nanhaisediminis (Xu et al. 2010) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania oceanensis (Yang et al. 2015) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania pacifica Tareen et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania pelagi (Wu et al. 2012) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania polymorpha Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania profunda Lee et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania profundimaris Wang et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania proteolytica Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania psychrotolerans Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania qiaonensis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania rhodophyticola Lee et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania sediminis Feng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania seohaensis (Yoon et al. 2005) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania soli Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania sphaerica Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania spongiae Zhang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Qipengyuania thermophila" Zhao et al. 2022	not validly published	preferred name
    Qipengyuania triglochinis Yamamoto et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania vesicularis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania vulgaris (Ivanova et al. 2006) Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania xiamenensis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania xiapuensis Liu et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Qipengyuania zhejiangensis Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Erythrobacteraceae Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Feng XM, Mo YX, Han L, Nogi Y, Zhu YH, Lv J. Qipengyuania sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Erythrobacteraceae isolated from subterrestrial sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3658-3665. 🇨🇳

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