Name: Lewinella xylanilytica Sung et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.ni.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, able to loose, dissolving; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. xylanilytica, xylan-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 13-9-B8; DSM 29526; KCTC 32663

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ573521 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sung HR, Lee JM, Kim M, Shin KS. Lewinella xylanilytica sp. nov., a member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3433-3438.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Neolewinella xylanilytica (Sung et al. 2015) Huang et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Parent taxon: Lewinella Sly et al. 1998

Assigned by: Sung HR, Lee JM, Kim M, Shin KS. Lewinella xylanilytica sp. nov., a member of the family Saprospiraceae isolated from coastal seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3433-3438.

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Record number: 793340