Name: Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. zeaxanthinifaciens (Asker et al. 2008) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Asker et al. 2008

Etymology: ze.a.xan.thi.ni.fa’ci.ens. L. pres. part. faciens, making; N.L. part. adj. zeaxanthinifaciens, zeaxanthin-producing

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 53614; DSM 18436; NBRC 102119; TD-ZX30

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Effective 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens subsp. sabulilitoris (Park et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020 according to rule 40d. 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: Mesoflavibacter zeaxanthinifaciens Asker et al. 2008

Assigned by: 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.

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