Name: Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga lytica Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lytica, loosening, dissolving; from Gr. fem. adj. lytikê, able to loose, able to dissolve

Gender: feminine

Type strains: ATCC 23178; CIP 103822; DSM 7489; IFO 14961; JCM 8516; LMG 1344; NBRC 14961; VKM B-1433

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D12666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Johansen JE, Nielsen P, Sjoholm C. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1231-1240.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga lytica Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999. Publication: Johansen JE, Nielsen P, Sjoholm C. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1231-1240.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Pati A, Abt B, Teshima H, Nolan M, Lapidus A, Lucas S, Hammon N, Deshpande S, Cheng JF, Tapia R, et al. Complete genome sequence of Cellulophaga lytica type strain (LIM-21). Stand Genomic Sci 2011; 4:221-232.

Parent taxon: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Johansen JE, Nielsen P, Sjoholm C. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1231-1240.

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