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Genus Yangia
Etymology: Yan’gi.a. N.L. fem. n. Yangia, after the Chinese microbiologist H.-F. Yang, who founded the research of environmental microbiology in the early 1960s in China
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Yangi-), YAN-gi-a
Type species: Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006
Valid publication:
Dai X, Wang BJ, Yang QX, Jiao NZ, Liu SJ. Yangia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade from coastal sediment of the East China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:529-533. 
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IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
Correct name: Alloyangia Deshmukh and Oren 2023
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Alloyangia Deshmukh and Oren 2023 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Verma et al. 2021
Verma A, Sundharam SS, Pal Y, Bisht B, Yadav P, Krishnamurthi S. Yangia mangrovi sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from mangrove soil and emended description of Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5021. 🇮🇳
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5130.
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Verma et al. 2021
Verma A, Sundharam SS, Pal Y, Bisht B, Yadav P, Krishnamurthi S. Yangia mangrovi sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from mangrove soil and emended description of Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5021.
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Notes:
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🧕 Dai et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Dai X, Wang BJ, Yang QX, Jiao NZ, Liu SJ. Yangia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade from coastal sediment of the East China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:529-533. 🇨🇳
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Alloyangia Deshmukh and Oren 2023.
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Yagina".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 2; MTCC: 1; DSM: 1; KCTC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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🧍 Later homonym of Yangia Zheng 1997 (fossil member of the Rodentia).
Publication:
Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱
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🧕 Dai et al. (2006) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Dai X, Wang BJ, Yang QX, Jiao NZ, Liu SJ. Yangia pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the Roseobacter clade from coastal sediment of the East China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:529-533.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Yangia mangrovi" Verma et al. 2021 not validly published synonym Yangia pacifica Dai et al. 2006 validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name synonym
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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: 517390
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