Name: Pontixanthobacter aestiaquae (Jung et al. 2014) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter aestiaquae Jung et al. 2014

Etymology: aes.ti.a’quae. L. masc. n. aestus, the sea tide (also as genitive); L. fem. n. aqua, water; N.L. gen. fem. n. aestiaquae, of the water of the sea tide

Pronunciation, gender: a͡es-ti-A-kwa͡e, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8527; HDW-31; KCTC 42006

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ658262 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 aestiaquae Jung et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07238 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pontixanthobacter 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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Record number: 13014