
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8284
Name	Cytophaga lytica Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Cellulophaga lytica
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8284
Type Strain representative organism	LIM-21^T (=Cy l20 =DSM 7489 =IAM 14306 =ATCC 23178)


Proper Form	Cytophaga lytica Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Cytophaga lytica was originally described by Lewin 1969. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1999, Johansen et al. established Cytophaga lytica as the basonym of Cellulophaga lytica (Lewin 1969) Johansen et al. 1999 emend. Hahnke et al. 2016 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Cytophaga lytica Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8284.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8284.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 25, 2009.

References

Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-58-2-189 [PubMed].
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Johansen JE, Nielsen P, Sjøholm C. Description of Cellulophaga baltica gen. nov., sp. nov. and Cellulophaga fucicola gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of [Cytophaga] lytica to Cellulophaga lytica gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1231-1240. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1231 [PubMed].