Genus Zeaxanthinibacter

Name: Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ze.a.xan’thi.ni.bac’ter N.L. neut. n. zeaxanthinum, zeaxanthin; N.L. masc. n. bacter; from Gr. neut. n. bakterion, rod; N.L. masc. n. Zeaxanthinibacter, zeaxanthin-producing rod-like bacterium

Type species: Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis Asker et al. 2007

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater off Enoshima Island, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:837-843.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Lee et al. 2016 Lee Y, Jeong HI, Jeong SE, Jeon CO. Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from estuary sediment and emended description of the genus Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3264-3269. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

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: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Zeaxanthinibacter aestuarii Lee et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis Asker et al. 2007	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater off Enoshima Island, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:837-843.

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