Name: Xanthocytophaga Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xan.tho.cy.to.pha’ga. Gr. masc. adj. xanthos, yellow; N.L. fem. n. Cytophaga, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Xanthocytophaga, referring to the yellow color of the colonies and to the phylogenetic relationship with the genus Rhodocytophaga

Gender: feminine (stem: Xanthocytophag-)

Type species: Xanthocytophaga agilis Zhang et al. 2024

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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: 3

Parent taxon: Rhodocytophagaceae Zhang et al. 2024

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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