Name: Aurantiacibacter atlanticus (Zhuang et al. 2015) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erythrobacter atlanticus Zhuang et al. 2015

Etymology: a.tlan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. atlanticus, referring to the Atlantic Ocean, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: a-TLAN-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 42697; MCCC 1A00519; s21-N3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP994305 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Erythrobacter atlanticus Zhuang et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04553 (N = 14).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aurantiacibacter Xu et al. 2020

Assigned by: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

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Record number: 12952