Name: Pontixanthobacter gangjinensis (Jeong et al. 2013) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter gangjinensis Jeong et al. 2013

Etymology: gang.ji.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. gangjinensis, pertaining to Gangjin bay where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: gan͡g-ji-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: JCM 17802; KACC 16190; KJ7

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF751048 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 gangjinensis Jeong et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06693 (N = 7).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times 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: 13078