Xiheibacterium phototrophicum^Ts

Citation

Formal styling

Xiheibacterium phototrophicum^Ts corrig. Li et al., 2023 (priority 2025)

Effective publication

Li et al., 2023

Corrigendum

In SeqCode Registry from “Xihebacterium phototrophica” (sic)

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:kouay5c4 (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:32850

Nomenclature

Rank

Species

Syllabication

pho.to'tro.phi.cum

Etymology

Gr. n. phos, photos light; Gr. adj. trophikos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. neut. adj. phototrophicum, referring to the likely ability to use light for energy generation

Nomenclatural type

NCBI Assembly: GCA_016709225.1

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

The nomenclatural type for the species is the genomic assembly LLY-WYZ-10_1 (GCA_016709225.1). Genome is predicted to 9.61 Mb in 12 scaffolds. The GC content is 71.15%. Genome has complete bacteriochlorophyll synthesis pathways, and encodes reaction center proteins and other key enzymes, suggesting potential phototrophic lifestyle. Genomic assemblies for this species originated from activated sludge.

Classification

Bacteria » Myxococcota » Polyangiia » Nannocystales » Nannocystaceae » Xiheibacterium » Xiheibacterium phototrophicum^Ts

Parent

Xiheibacterium

Pseudonyms

• Xihebacterium phototrophica (Original, corrected name)

Genomics

Accession

NCBI Assembly:GCA_016709225.1

Type

Metagenome-Assembled Genome (MAG)

Estimated Quality Metrics

• Completeness: 95.3%
• Contamination: 0.08%
• Quality: 94.9

Ribosomal and transfer RNA genes

• 1 16S rRNA (up to 100.0%)
• 1 23S rRNA (up to 100.0%)
• tRNAs for 21 amino acids

Sequencing depth

17.2 ×

Source

• BioSample: SAMN16425658
• BioSample: SAMN14825672

Other features

• G+C Content: 71.15%
• Coding Density: 91.92%
• Codon Table: 11
• N50: 3,458,186 bp
• Contigs: 12
• Largest Contig: 3,673,469 bp
• Assembly Length: 9,612,643 bp
• Ambiguous Assembly Fraction: 0.0%

Automated checks

Complete

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Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• GTDB Genome: GCA_016709225.1
• Wikispecies: Xiheibacterium phototrophicum
• Wikidata: Q136334512

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 3 months ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

About 2 years ago by Li, Liuyang

Submitted

4 months ago by Li, Liuyang

Curators

• Rodriguez-R, Luis M (genomics)
• Palmer, Marike (nomenclature)

Validated

3 months ago by Palmer, Marike

Date of priority

2025-08-05 02:09 PM (UTC)