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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus "Flavisericum"

Name: "Flavisericum" Li et al. 2025

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fla.vi.se’ri.cum. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. neut. n. sericum, silk; N.L. neut. n. Flavisericum, yellow silk, referring to the shape of bacteria in liquid medium

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Flaviseric-), fla-wi-SE-ri-kum

Type species: "Flavisericum labens" Li et al. 2025

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Original publication: Li J, Xu Z, Su Z, Liu G, Xu Y, Lin D, Tang K. Flavisericum labens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the seawater of Dongshan Bay. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:133. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Li J, Xu Z, Su Z, Liu G, Xu Y, Lin D, Tang K. Flavisericum labens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from the seawater of Dongshan Bay. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2025; 118:133. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 67074
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