Subscribe to our newsletter
To receive updates from LPSN every few months, sign up to our mailing list.
Genus Aquiflexum
Name: Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004
Etymology: A.qui.fle’xum. 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, pronunciation: neuter (stem: Aquiflex-), a-kwi-FLE-xum
Type species: Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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.
-
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.
-
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; LMG: 1; DSM: 1; CIP: 1.
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.
Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/aquiflexumLink copied to clipboard
Record number: 515161
This LPSN page was printed on 2025-11-14 18:51:29