Name: Xylophilus Willems et al. 1987

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Xy.lo.phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. xylon, wood; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. n. Xylophilus, friend of wood

Gender: masculine (stem: Xylophil-)

Type species: Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) Willems et al. 1987

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Willems A, Gillis M, Kersters K, Van Den Broecke L, De Ley J. Transfer of Xanthomonas ampelina Panagopoulos 1969 to a new genus, Xylophilus gen. nov., as Xylophilus ampelinus (Panagopoulos 1969) comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:422-430.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2

Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991

Assigned by: Willems A, De Ley J, Gillis M, Kersters K. Comamonadaceae, a new family encompassing the acidovorans rRNA complex, including Variovorax paradoxus gen. nov., comb. nov., for Alcaligenes paradoxus (Davis 1969). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1991; 41:445-450.

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