Name: Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis Asker et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.o.shi.men’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. enoshimensis, pertaining to Enoshima Island in Japan, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 53613; CIP 109560; DSM 18435; NBRC 101990; TD-ZE3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681649 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater off Enoshima Island, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:837-843.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007. Publication: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater off Enoshima Island, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:837-843.
  • 😢 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. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.

Parent taxon: Zeaxanthinibacter Asker et al. 2007

Assigned by: Asker D, Beppu T, Ueda K. Zeaxanthinibacter enoshimensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel zeaxanthin-producing marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from seawater off Enoshima Island, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:837-843.

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