Name: Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Asker et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ze.a.xan.thi.ni.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. zeaxanthinum, zeaxanthin; L. pres. part. faciens, making, producing; N.L. part. adj. zeaxanthinifaciens, zeaxanthin-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 53614; DSM 18436; NBRC 102119; TD-ZX30

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681705 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:291-296.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 122. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1511-1512.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Mesoflavibacter Asker et al. 2008. Publication: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:291-296.
  • 😢 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. 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. sabulilitoris (Park et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. zeaxanthinifaciens (Asker et al. 2008) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Mesoflavibacter Asker et al. 2008

Assigned by: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:291-296.

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