Name: "Xanthocytophaga" Zhang et al. 2023

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. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Xanthocytophaga agilis" Zhang et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    "Xanthocytophaga flavus" Zhang et al. 2023	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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