Name: Marinilabilia salmonicolor (Veldkamp 1961) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

Type strains: ATCC 19041; CIP 104809; DSM 2097; DSM 26891; DSM 6480; IFO 15948; JCM 21150; LMG 1346; NBRC 15948; NCIMB 2216

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16S rRNA gene: D12672 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa Y, Yamasato K. Emendation of the genus Cytophaga and transfer of Cytophaga agarovorans and Cytophaga salmonicolor to Marinilabilia gen. nov.: phylogenetic analysis of the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga complex. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:599-603.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published
    Cytophaga agarovorans (ex Veldkamp 1961) Reichenbach 1989	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Marinilabilia agarovorans (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Emendations:
  • Suzuki et al. 1999 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. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 2000; 50:5-7.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinilabilia Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996. Publication: Nakagawa Y, Yamasato K. Emendation of the genus Cytophaga and transfer of Cytophaga agarovorans and Cytophaga salmonicolor to Marinilabilia gen. nov.: phylogenetic analysis of the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga complex. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:599-603.
  • 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.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). 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: Marinilabilia Nakagawa and Yamasato 1996

Assigned by: Nakagawa Y, Yamasato K. Emendation of the genus Cytophaga and transfer of Cytophaga agarovorans and Cytophaga salmonicolor to Marinilabilia gen. nov.: phylogenetic analysis of the Flavobacterium-Cytophaga complex. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:599-603.

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