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Genus Wenxinia
Name: Wenxinia Ying et al. 2007
Etymology: Wen.xin’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Wenxinia, named after Professor Wen-Xin Chen, one of the academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a pioneer of soil microbiology in China
Gender: feminine (stem: Wenxini-)
Type species: Wenxinia marina Ying et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Ying et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; CGMCC: 1; CECT: 1; KCTC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Ying et al. (2007) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Ying JY, Wang BJ, Dai X, Yang SS, Liu SJ, Liu ZP. Wenxinia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from oilfield sediments of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1711-1716.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
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 Wenxinia marina Ying et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Wenxinia saemankumensis Park et al. 2014 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109.
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Record number: 517629
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