Name: Myroides odoratimimus subsp. xuanwuensis (Zhang et al. 2014) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Myroides xuanwuensis Zhang et al. 2014

Etymology: xu.an.wu.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. xuanwuensis, referring to Xuanwu district, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, PR China, where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation, gender: xu-an-wu-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013145; DSM 27251; JCM 19200; TH-19

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HF947513 Analyse FASTA

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Myroides xuanwuensis Zhang et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Myroides odoratimimus Vancanneyt et al. 1996

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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Record number: 7892