Genus Flaviflexus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Flaviflexus huanghaiensis Du et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. adj. flavus, yellow; L. masc. n. flexus, bend, curve; N.L. masc. n. Flaviflexus, a yellow-coloured bend.
Valid publication: DU (Z.J.), MIAO (T.T.), LIN (X.Z.), LIU (Q.Q.) and CHEN (G.J.): Flaviflexus huanghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1863-1867.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Flaviflexus huanghaiensis Du et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H5 = CICC 10486 = DSM 24315.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: JN815236.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. huanghaiensis, of or pertaining to Huanghai, the Chinese name for the Yellow Sea, the geographical origin of the type strain.
Valid publication: DU (Z.J.), MIAO (T.T.), LIN (X.Z.), LIU (Q.Q.) and CHEN (G.J.): Flaviflexus huanghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 1863-1867.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola Jin et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) EBR4-1-2=KCTC 33148=JCM 19016.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KC251737.
Etymology: L. adj. salsus, salted; Gr. n. bios, life; L. n. stratum, layer; L. suff. -cola (from L. masc. n. incola), inhabitant; N.L. n. salsibiostraticola, inhabitant of a salted biofilm.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: JIN, L., KO, S.-R., LEE, H.-G., KIM, B.-H., KIM, H.-S., AHN, C.-Y. and OH, H.-M. 2014. Flaviflexus salsibiostraticola sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from a biofilm reactor. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3293-3296.
Original article in IJSEM Online