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Species Altererythrobacter flavus
Name: Altererythrobacter flavus Ma et al. 2018
Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, the colour of colonies and pigments of the bacterium
Pronunciation, gender: 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
Correct name: Tsuneonella flava (Ma et al. 2018) Xu et al. 2020
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Tsuneonella flava (Ma et al. 2018) Xu et al. 2020 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
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🧍 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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Record number: 797803
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