Name: Xanthocytophaga flava corrig. Zhang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, referring to the color of colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.2889; JCM 35375; NT2B1

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16S rRNA gene: OR024675 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhang X, Feng GD, Liu Y, Yang F, Li Y, Deng X, Zhu H, Yao Q. Description of Xanthocytophaga agilis sp. nov. and Xanthocytophaga flavus sp. nov. of the new genus Xanthocytophaga gen. nov and the proposal of Rhodocytophagaceae fam. nov. within the order Cytophagales. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:345. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 219. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6452.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Xanthocytophaga flavus Zhang et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.34176 (N = 1).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-10-14.

Parent taxon: Xanthocytophaga Zhang et al. 2024

Assigned by: Zhang X, Feng GD, Liu Y, Yang F, Li Y, Deng X, Zhu H, Yao Q. Description of Xanthocytophaga agilis sp. nov. and Xanthocytophaga flavus sp. nov. of the new genus Xanthocytophaga gen. nov and the proposal of Rhodocytophagaceae fam. nov. within the order Cytophagales. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:345. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 53925