Name: Zobellia galactanivorans corrig. Barbeyron et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ga.lac.ta.ni.vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. galactanum, galactan (polygalactose); L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. galactanivorans, galactan-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 47099; CIP 106680; Dsij; DSM 12802

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16S rRNA gene: AF208293 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Barbeyron T, L'Haridon S, Corre E, Kloareg B, Potin P. Zobellia galactanovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine species of Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a red alga, and classification of [Cytophaga] uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 as Zobellia uliginosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:985-997.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Zobellia galactanovorans Barbeyron et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Zobellia Barbeyron et al. 2001. Publication: Barbeyron T, L'Haridon S, Corre E, Kloareg B, Potin P. Zobellia galactanovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine species of Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a red alga, and classification of [Cytophaga] uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 as Zobellia uliginosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:985-997.
  • 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.
  • Zobellia galactanovorans Barbeyron et al. 2001 was previously known as "Flavobacterium droebachense" (Lundestad) Bergey et al. 1930, "Pseudomonas droebachense (sic)" (Lundestad) Stanier 1941, or "Cytophaga drobachiensis" Barbeyron et al. 1998. Publication: Waksman SA, Henrici AT. Family III. Streptomycetaceae. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, A.p (eds), HITCHENS (eds). Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1948, p. 929-980.
  • The original spelling of the specific epithet galactanovorans (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1231-1233.

Parent taxon: Zobellia Barbeyron et al. 2001

Assigned by: Barbeyron T, L'Haridon S, Corre E, Kloareg B, Potin P. Zobellia galactanovorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine species of Flavobacteriaceae isolated from a red alga, and classification of [Cytophaga] uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 as Zobellia uliginosa gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:985-997.

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