Name: Pelagerythrobacter aerophilus (Meng et al. 2019) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter aerophilus Meng et al. 2019

Etymology: a.e.ro’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. aerophilus, air-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-e-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16499; Ery1; KCTC 62387; MCCC 1A10037

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG183676 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Altererythrobacter aerophilus Meng et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pelagerythrobacter Xu et al. 2020

Assigned by: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495. 🇨🇳

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