Name: Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. n. salmo -onis, salmon; L. masc. n. color, color; N.L. adj. salmonicolor, intended to mean salmon-colored

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19041; CIP 104809; DSM 26891; DSM 6480; IFO 15948; JCM 21150; LMG 1346; NBRC 15948; NCIMB 2216

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16S rRNA gene: D12672 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Veldkamp H. A study of two marine agar-decomposing, facultatively anaerobic myxobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1961; 26:331-342.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Marinilabilia salmonicolor (Veldkamp 1961) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga agarovorans (ex Veldkamp 1961) Reichenbach 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Marinilabilia salmonicolor (Veldkamp 1961) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Marinilabilia agarovorans (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Suzuki et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinilabilia agarovorans (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996. Publication: Suzuki M, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S, Yamamoto S. Phylogenetic analysis of genus Marinilabilia and related bacteria based on the amino acid sequences of gyrB and emended description of Marinilabilia salmonicolor with Marinilabilia agarovorans as its subjective synonym. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1551-1557.
  • According to Suzuki et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Cytophaga agarovorans (ex Veldkamp 1961) Reichenbach 1989. Publication: Suzuki M, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S, Yamamoto S. Phylogenetic analysis of genus Marinilabilia and related bacteria based on the amino acid sequences of gyrB and emended description of Marinilabilia salmonicolor with Marinilabilia agarovorans as its subjective synonym. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1551-1557.
  • Cytophaga salmonicolor is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Cytophaga.

Parent taxon: Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Veldkamp H. A study of two marine agar-decomposing, facultatively anaerobic myxobacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1961; 26:331-342.

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