Name: Xylophilus Willems et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xy.lo’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. xylon, wood; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. n. Xylophilus, friend of wood

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Xylophil-), ksy-LO-p^hi-lus

Type species: Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) Willems et al. 1987

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Pseudomonadaceae Winslow et al. 1917 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166. 🇺🇸
  • 🧕 Willems et al. (1987) assigned this genus to the order "Burkholderiales". Publication: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Xanthomonas Dowson 1939 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Panagopoulos CG. The disease "Tsilik Marasi" of grapevine, its description and identification of the causal agent (Xanthomonas ampelina sp. nov.). Annales de l'Institut Phytopathologique Benaki NS 1969; 9:59-81.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Xvlophilus"; "Xyfophilus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 4; CFBP: 2; ATCC: 1; NCPPB: 1; DSM: 1; KACC: 1; CCUG: 1; CCTCC: 1; ICMP: 1.
  • 🧍 According to Shipunov (2011), this name is a hemihomonym. See Xylophilus Mannerheim, 1823 (Animalia); Latreille, 1828 (Animalia); Curtis, 1830 (Animalia). Publication: Shipunov A. The problem of hemihomonyms and the on-line hemihomonyms database (HHDB). Bionomina 2011; 4:65-72.
  • 🧍 Xylophilus Willems et al. 1987 is a later homonym of a genus name with standing in the zoological (animal) nomenclature: Xylophilus Mannerheim 1823. Principle 2 of the 2008 Code is not retroactive, so the name does not contravene the Code because of this homonymy. — Crook M. Personal communication, 2021-08-19.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "XYPH" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) Willems et al. 1987	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Xylophilus rhododendri" Lee et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450. 🇧🇪

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