Name: Croceibacterium atlanticum (Wu et al. 2014) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter atlanticus Wu et al. 2014

Etymology: a.tlan’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. atlanticum, of or pertaining to the Atlantic Ocean, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: a-TLAN-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: 26DY36; CGMCC 1.12411; JCM 18865

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC018454 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
    Altererythrobacter atlanticus Wu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02648 (N = 12).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Croceibacterium Liu et al. 2019

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: 12971