Genus Rhodocytophaga

Name: Rhodocytophaga Anandham et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Rho’do.cy.to.pha’ga. Gr. neut. n. rhodon, rose-red; N.L. fem. n. Cytophaga, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Rhodocytophaga, rose-red Cytophaga, referring to the reddish pink colour of colonies and to the phylogenetic relationship with the genus Cytophaga

Gender: feminine (stem: Rhodocytophag-)

Type species: Rhodocytophaga aerolata Anandham et al. 2010

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anandham R, Weon HY, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Kwon SW. Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1554-1558.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

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: 2

Parent taxon: "Rhodocytophagaceae" Zhang et al. 2023

Assigned by: Zhang X, Feng GD, Liu Y, Yang F, Li Y, Deng X, Zhu H, Yao Q. Description of Xanthocytophaga agilis sp. nov. and Xanthocytophaga flavus sp. nov. of the new genus Xanthocytophaga gen. nov and the proposal of Rhodocytophagaceae fam. nov. within the order Cytophagales. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:345.

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Record number: 518002
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