Name: Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.flex’um. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, bent, winding; N.L. neut. n. Aquiflexum, to indicate the bacterium’s aquatic origin and its long flexible rods

Gender: neuter (stem: Aquiflex-)

Type species: Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2335-2341.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Bhumika et al. 2013 Bhumika V, Srinivas TN, Ravinder K, Kumar PA. Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2088-2094. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aqiflexum".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 3; CGMCC: 2; MCCC: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1; CIP: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Aquiflexum aquatile Wang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquiflexum gelatinilyticum Zhang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Aquiflexum lacus Huang et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Cyclobacteriaceae Nedashkovskaya and Ludwig 2012

Assigned by: Bhumika V, Srinivas TN, Ravinder K, Kumar PA. Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2088-2094.

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