Name: Aurantiacibacter spongiae (Zhuang et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Erythrobacter spongiae Zhuang et al. 2019

Etymology: spon’gi.ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, the source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HN-E23; LMG 30457; MCCC 1K03331

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16S rRNA gene: MG655147 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 spongiae Zhuang et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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: 12956