Name: Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Altererythrobacter confluentis Park et al. 2016

Etymology: con.flu.en’tis. L. gen. masc. n. confluentis, of a meeting place of waters

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kon-flu-EN-tis, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 52259; KEM-4; NBRC 112305

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX129915 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4780. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4850.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Xu et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Allopontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Aestuarierythrobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pontixanthobacter confluentis (Park et al. 2016) Xu et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Altererythrobacter confluentis Park et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021. Publication: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4780. 🇨🇳
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NBRC 112308.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pseudopontixanthobacter Liu et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liu A, Xue QJ, Li SG, Zhang YJ. Pontixanthobacter rizhaonensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the Yellow Sea, and proposal of Pseudopontixanthobacter gen. nov., Pseudopontixanthobacter confluentis comb. nov. and Pseudopontixanthobacter sediminis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4780. 🇨🇳

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