Wilkeslandia

Citation

Formal styling

Wilkeslandia Tan et al., 2026

Effective publication

Tan et al., 2026

SeqCode status

Valid (SeqCode)

Register List

seqco.de/r:_7w3mg8c (validated)

Canonical URL

https://seqco.de/i:51193

Nomenclature

Rank

Genus

Inferred stem

Wilkeslandi-

Syllabication

Wil.kes.lan'di.a

Etymology

N.L. fem. n. Wilkeslandia, a bacterium named after the Wilkes Land, district of Australian Antarctic Territory

Nomenclatural type

Wilkeslandia alcanivorans^Ts

Nomenclatural status

Validly published under the SeqCode

Taxonomy

Description

New genus defined based on the lack of proximal relatives within the family (Chitinophagaceae).

Classification

Bacteria » Bacteroidota » Chitinophagia » Chitinophagales » Chitinophagaceae » Wilkeslandia

Parent

Chitinophagaceae

Children (1)

• Wilkeslandia alcanivorans^Ts

Metadata

Outside links and data sources

• Wikispecies: Wilkeslandia

Search sequences

• Seach in NCBI Nucleotide

Local history

• This name was last modified 4 days ago
• Submission process status
• Quality checks before valid publication

Registered

10 months ago and claimed 10 months ago by Vázquez-Campos, Xabier

Submitted

10 months ago by Vázquez-Campos, Xabier

Curators

• Palmer, Marike (nomenclature)
• Valero Tebar, Juan (genomics)

Endorsed

7 months ago by Palmer, Marike

Validated

4 days ago by Palmer, Marike

Date of priority

2026-02-23 11:19 PM (UTC)