Name: Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.mo.ni’co.lor. L. masc. n. salmo (gen. salmonis), salmon; L. masc. n. color, color; N.L. masc. n. salmonicolor, intended to mean salmon-colored (nominative in apposition) [probably better: salmonicolorata]

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-NI-ko-lor, 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: AB517713 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Suzuki et al. (1999), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinilabilia agarovorans (Reichenbach 1989 ex Veldkamp 1961) 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 instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cytophaga.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

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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