Name: Sunxiuqinia elliptica Qu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: el.lip.ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. elliptica, elliptic, referring to the cell shape; from Gr. fem. n. elleipsis, ellipse

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.9156; DQHS-4; LMG 25367; NCCB 100301

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GQ200190 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Qu L, Zhu F, Hong X, Gao W, Chen J, Sun X. Sunxiuqinia elliptica gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment in a sea cucumber farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2885-2889.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.

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 Sunxiuqinia Qu et al. 2011. Publication: Qu L, Zhu F, Hong X, Gao W, Chen J, Sun X. Sunxiuqinia elliptica gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment in a sea cucumber farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2885-2889.
  • 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Sunxiuqinia Qu et al. 2011

Assigned by: Qu L, Zhu F, Hong X, Gao W, Chen J, Sun X. Sunxiuqinia elliptica gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the phylum Bacteroidetes isolated from sediment in a sea cucumber farm. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2885-2889.

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