Name: Flavilitoribacter nigricans (Lewin 1970) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ni’gri.cans. L. part. adj. nigricans, blackening

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23147; DSM 23189; NBRC 102662; NCIMB 1420; SS-2

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB301615 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Herpetosiphon nigricans Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lewinella nigricans (Lewin 1970) Sly et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Flavilitoribacter García-López et al. 2020. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flavilitoribacter García-López et al. 2020

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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Record number: 7849