Name: Rhodocytophaga Anandham et al. 2010
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
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Rhodocytophaga aerolata Anandham et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Rhodocytophaga rosea" Park et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
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