Name: Rhodocytophaga aerolata Anandham et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ae.ro.la’ta. Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; L. fem. perf. part. lata, carried; N.L. fem. part. adj. aerolata, airborne

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5416T-29; DSM 22190; KACC 12507

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU004198 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anandham R, Weon HY, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Kwon SW. Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1554-1558.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Rhodocytophaga Anandham et al. 2010. Publication: Anandham R, Weon HY, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Kwon SW. Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1554-1558.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rhodocytophaga Anandham et al. 2010

Assigned by: Anandham R, Weon HY, Kim SJ, Kim YS, Kwon SW. Rhodocytophaga aerolata gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the family Cytophagaceae isolated from air. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1554-1558.

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