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Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Erythrobacter neustonensis

Name: Erythrobacter neustonensis (Fuerst et al. 1993) Xu et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Porphyrobacter neustonensis Fuerst et al. 1993

Etymology: neu.sto.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. neustonensis, intended to mean occurring at the air-water interface layer [incorrectly formed: not a location]; from Gr. masc. adj. neustos, swimming (floating), referring to occurrence of the bacterium as a member of the neuston (organisms floating at the air-water interface surface layer of a body of water)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ACM 2844; CIP 104070; DSM 9434

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB033327 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5602-5608.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Erythrobacter Shiba and Simidu 1982

Assigned by: Xu L, Sun C, Fang C, Oren A, Xu XW. Genomic-based taxonomic classification of the family Erythrobacteraceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4470-4495.

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Record number: 13032
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