Name: Sediminitomix flava Khan et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, reddish yellow, the colour of the colonies

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 109411; DSM 28229; KCTC 12970; Mok-1-85; NBRC 101625

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681494 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Khan ST, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Sediminitomix flava gen. nov., sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1689-1693.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2451-2452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sediminitomix Khan et al. 2007. Publication: Khan ST, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Sediminitomix flava gen. nov., sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1689-1693.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sediminitomix Khan et al. 2007

Assigned by: Khan ST, Nakagawa Y, Harayama S. Sediminitomix flava gen. nov., sp. nov., of the phylum Bacteroidetes, isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1689-1693.

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