Name: Zhouia amylolytica Liu et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.ca. Gr. masc. n. amylos, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, lysing; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, dissolving starch, pertaining to the ability of the bacterium to hydrolyse starch

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6114; HN-171; JCM 14016

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ423479 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Zhouia amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2825-2829.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

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.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Zhouia Liu et al. 2006. Publication: Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Zhouia amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2825-2829.
  • 😢 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Zhouia Liu et al. 2006

Assigned by: Liu ZP, Wang BJ, Dai X, Liu XY, Liu SJ. Zhouia amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from sediment of the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2825-2829.

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