Species Altererythrobacter flavus

Name: Altererythrobacter flavus Ma et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies and pigments of the bacterium

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ter-e-ry-t^hro-BAK-ter FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: MCCC 1K02683; MS1-4; NBRC 112977

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX099616 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ma H, Ren H, Huang L, Luo Y. Altererythrobacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2265-2270. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tsuneonella flava (Ma et al. 2018) Xu et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Tsuneonella flava (Ma et al. 2018) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Altererythrobacter flavus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Altererythrobacter.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Altererythrobacter Kwon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ma H, Ren H, Huang L, Luo Y. Altererythrobacter flavus sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2265-2270. 🇨🇳

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Species Altererythrobacter flavus