Name: Blastococcus xanthinilyticus Hezbri et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xan.thi.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. xanthinum, xanthine; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. xanthinilyticus, hydrolysing xanthine

Pronunciation, gender: xan-t^hi-ni-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: BMG 862; CECT 8884; DSM 46842

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN626275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus xanthinilyticus sp. nov., isolated from monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1177-1183.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2022 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Meier-Kolthoff JP. Genotype-phenotype correlations within the Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:975365. Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 38. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5923.
  • Montero-Calasanz et al. 2023 Montero-Calasanz MDC, Yaramis A, Rohde M, Schumann P, Klenk HP, Meier-Kolthoff JP. Corrigendum: Genotype-phenotype correlations within the Geodermatophilaceae. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:1100319.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2023-01-25 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06240 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Type strain is designated in the abstract but not in the species description. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

Parent taxon: Blastococcus Ahrens and Moll 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hezbri K, Nouioui I, Rohde M, Sproer C, Schumann P, Gtari M, Klenk HP, Montero-Calasanz MDC, Ghodhbane-Gtari F. Blastococcus xanthinilyticus sp. nov., isolated from monument. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1177-1183.

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Record number: 795946