Name: Siansivirga zeaxanthinifaciens Hameed et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ze.a.xan.thi.ni.fa’ci.ens. N.L. neut. n. zeaxanthinum, zeaxanthin; L. pres. part. faciens, making/producing; N.L. fem. part. adj. zeaxanthinifaciens, zeaxanthin-producing

Pronunciation, gender: ze-a-ksan-t^hi-ni-FA-ki-ens, feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80315; CC-SAMT-1; JCM 17682

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM179539 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Sridhar KR, Young LS, Lee MR, Chen WM, Chou JH, Young CC. Siansivirga zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater of Taiwan. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 333:37-45.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Siansivirga Hameed et al. 2013. Publication: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Sridhar KR, Young LS, Lee MR, Chen WM, Chou JH, Young CC. Siansivirga zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater of Taiwan. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 333:37-45.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Siansivirga Hameed et al. 2013

Assigned by: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Sridhar KR, Young LS, Lee MR, Chen WM, Chou JH, Young CC. Siansivirga zeaxanthinifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from coastal seawater of Taiwan. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2012; 333:37-45.

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