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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)

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

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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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
    Cytophaga salmonicolor Veldkamp 1961 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 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.
  • 😷 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.
  • 🧍 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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