Name: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fla.vo.bac.te.ri.um. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod or staff and, in biology, a bacterium (so called because the first ones observed were rod-shaped); N.L. neut. n. Flavobacterium, a yellow bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type species: Flavobacterium aquatile (Frankland and Frankland 1889) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1923.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Bernardet et al. 1996 Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 8 new species in the genus.
  • Dong et al. 2013 Dong K, Chen F, Du Y, Wang G. Flavobacterium enshiense sp. nov., isolated from soil, and emended descriptions of the genus Flavobacterium and Flavobacterium cauense, Flavobacterium saliperosum and Flavobacterium suncheonense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:886-892. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
    • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
  • Kang et al. 2013 Kang JY, Chun J, Jahng KY. Flavobacterium aciduliphilum sp. nov., isolated from freshwater, and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1633-1638. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Kuo et al. 2013 Kuo I, Saw J, Kapan DD, Christensen S, Kaneshiro KY, Donachie SP. Flavobacterium akiainvivens sp. nov., from decaying wood of Wikstroemia oahuensis, Hawai'i, and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3280-3286. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992. Publication: Reichenbach H. Order 1. Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974, 99*=. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2011-2013.
  • Nomenclatural type of the order Flavobacteriales Bernardet 2012. Publication: Bernardet J-F. Order I. Flavobacteriales ord. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 105.
  • Bergey et al. (1923) assigned this genus to the tribe "Chromobactereae". Publication: Bergey DH, Harrison FC, Breed RS, Hammer BW, Huntoon FM. Bergey’s Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 1st ed. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1923.
  • Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteriaceae". Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteraceae" Breed et al. 1957. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Frankland GC, Frankland PF. Über einige typische Mikroorganismen im Wasser und im Boden. Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten, Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Immunologie und Virologie 1889; 6:373-400.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Elavobacterium"; "Favobacterium"; "Ffavobacterium"; "Fkavobacterium"; "Flabobacterium"; "Flacobacterium"; "Flaobacterium"; "Flarobacterium"; "Flasvobacterium"; "Flaunbacterium"; "Flauobacterium"; "Flauobucterium"; "Flavabacaerium"; "Flavabaclerium"; "Flavabacmrium"; "Flavabacterium"; "Flavabacwrium"; "Flavabaczerium"; "Flavcbacterium"; "Flavebaeterium"; "Flavibacterium"; "Flavnbacterium"; "Flavobaccerium"; "Flavobacerium"; "Flavobacierium"; "Flavobaclerium"; "Flavobacmrium"; "Flavobactarium"; "Flavobacteiium"; "Flavobacteirum"; "Flavobacteium"; "Flavobactenum"; "Flavobacter"; "Flavobacteriae"; "Flavobacterieum"; "Flavobacterrium"; "Flavobacteruium"; "Flavobacterum"; "Flavobactmium"; "Flavobactorium"; "Flavobactreium"; "Flavobactrerium"; "Flavobactrium"; "Flavobacwrium"; "Flavobaczerium"; "Flavobaeterium"; "Flavobaicterium"; "Flavobakterium"; "Flavobaotcrium"; "Flavobaoterium"; "Flavobaterium"; "Flavobavterium"; "Flavobazrterium"; "Flavobecterium"; "Flavobmlerium"; "Flavobncterium"; "Flavobnoterium"; "Flavoboacterium"; "Flavobocterium"; "Flavohacterium"; "Flavubacterium"; "Flavvbacterium"; "Flawbacterium"; "Flawobacterium"; "Flevobacterium"; "Flevobecterium"; "Flmvobacterium"; "Flnvobacterium"; "Flovobacterium"; "Fluvabacterlum"; "Fluvobacrerium"; "Fluvobactenum"; "Fluvobaotorium"; "Frovobacterium"; "Plavobacterium".
  • Minimal standards for the description of new taxa in this group were published in 2002. Publication: Bernardet JF, Nakagawa Y, Holmes B. Proposed minimal standards for describing new taxa of the family Flavobacteriaceae and emended description of the family. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1049-1070.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Hugo C, Bernardet JF. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2014, Montreal, Canada. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:507-509.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bernardet JF, Bowman JP. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria: Minutes of the meetings, 7 September 2011, Sapporo, Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2752-2754.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Bowman JP, Bernardet JF, Frandsen Lau E. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes: Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Aerobic Bacteroidetes (formerly Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-like bacteria). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6017-6020.
  • This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Anonymous NN. International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology Subcommittee on the Taxonomy of Flavobacterium and Cytophaga-Like Bacteria: Minutes of the Meetings, 4 and 6 July 1994, Prague, Czech Republic. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1997; 47:593-594.
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Duman et al. (2021), Debnath et al. (2020), Kralova et al. (2019), Zhou et al. (2018), Yang et al. (2020). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • Holmes and Owen proposed rejection of Flavobacterium aquatile as a nomen dubium and proposed substitution of Flavobacterium breve, which does not appear in the Approved lists, as the type species. The Judicial Commission voted to deny the action proposed. Publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ. Proposal that Flavobacterium breve be substituted as the type species of the genus in place of Flavobacterium aquatile and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium: status of the named species of Flavobacterium. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1979; 29:416-426.
  • See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between July 1979 and April 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:464-465.
  • See also: Publication: Judicial C. Minutes of the meeting, 6 August 1982, Boston, Massachusetts. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:577-578.
  • See also: Publication: Jones D. JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 September 1986, Manchester, United Kingdom. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:85-87.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 256
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 285
Total number of child taxa: 350

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Flavobacterium acetylicum" Levine and Soppeland 1926	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Flavobacterium acidificum Steinhaus 1941 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium aciduliphilum Kang et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium acidurans Millar 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium agri" Akter et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium agrisoli" Li et al. 2021	not validly published
    Flavobacterium ahnfeltiae Nedashkovskaya et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ajazii Khan et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium akiainvivens Kuo et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium album Baek et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium algicola Miyashita et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium alkalisoli Xu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium alvei Lee and Jeon 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium amnicola Sheu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium amnigenum Patil et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium amniphilum Sheu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium anatoliense Kacagan et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium anhuiense Liu et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium annulatum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium antarcticum Yi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium antenniformis" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium aquariorum Joung et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium aquaticum Subhash et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium aquaticum" Lee et al. 2013	not validly published
    Flavobacterium aquatile (Frankland and Frankland 1889) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium aquicola Hatayama et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium aquidurense Cousin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium aquimarinum Kristyanto et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium araucananum Kämpfer et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium arborescens" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium arcticum Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ardleyense Zhou et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium aromaticum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium arsenatis Ao et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium arsenitoxidans Khianngam et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium artemisiae Zhao et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium aurantiacum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium aurantiibacter Cai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium aurantinum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium baculatum Chhetri et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium balustinum Harrison 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium banpakuense Kim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium beibuense Fu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium bernardetii Saticioglu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium bizetiae Mühle et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium bomense corrig. Liu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium bomensis Liu et al. 2019	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium branchiarum Zamora et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium branchiicola Zamora et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium branchiophila Wakabayashi et al. 1989	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium branchiophilum corrig. Wakabayashi et al. 1989	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium breve (ex Lustig 1890) Holmes and Owen 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Flavobacterium brevis" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium brevivitae Chen et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium brunneum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium buccalis" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium buctense Feng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium butyri" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium caeni Liu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium capsulatum Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium caseinilyticum Chaudhary et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium caudatum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium cauense Qu et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium celericrescens Wu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cellulosilyticum Chaudhary et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium cereviseae" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium cerinum Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ceti Vela et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium cheniae Qu et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cheonanense Lee et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cheongpyeongense Joung et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cheonhonense Lee et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium chilense Kämpfer et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium chryseum Králová et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium chuncheonense Park et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium chungangense Kim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium chungangensis" Huq et al. 2018	not validly published
    Flavobacterium chungbukense Lim et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium chungnamense Lee et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium circumlabens Králová et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cloacae Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium collinsense Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium collinsii Zamora et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium columnare (Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium commune Ekwe and Kim 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium compostarboris Kim et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium crassostreae Choi et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium croceum Park et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium crocinum Baek et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cucumis Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cupreum Králová et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cutihirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium cyanobacteriorum Cai et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium daejeonense Kim et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium daemonense corrig. Ngo et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium daemonensis Ngo et al. 2015	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium dankookense Lee et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium dasani Chaudhary et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium dauae Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium defluvii Park et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium degerlachei Van Trappen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium denitrificans Horn et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium denitrificans" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium devorans (Zimmermann 1890) Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium difficile" Chen et al. 2021	not validly published
    Flavobacterium dispersum Chen et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium dongtanense Xiao et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium eburneum Hwang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium edaphi Chhetri et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium effusum Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium endophyticum Gao et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium enshiense Dong et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium erciyesense" Saticioglu 2021	not validly published
    Flavobacterium esteraromaticum (Omelianski 1923) Bergey et al. 1930 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Flavobacterium extorquens" (Bassalik 1913) Bassalik et al. 1960	not validly published
    Flavobacterium faecale Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ferrugineum Sickles and Shaw 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium filum Ryu et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium flavescens" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium flaviflagrans Dahal et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium flavum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium flevense (van der Meulen et al. 1974) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fluminis Ahn et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fluviale Baek et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fluviatile Chen et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fluvii Lee et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium foetidum Bu and Cha 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fontis Chun et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium franklandianum Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium frigidarium Humphry et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium frigidimaris Nogi et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium frigoris Van Trappen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium fryxellicola Van Trappen et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium fulvum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium fulvum Nguyen and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium fuscum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium gawalongense Liu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gelidilacus Van Trappen et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gillisiae McCammon and Bowman 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gilvum Shin et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ginsengisoli Kim et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium ginsengiterrae" Kim et al. 2011	not validly published
    Flavobacterium ginsenosidimutans Yang et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium glaciei Zhang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gleum Holmes et al. 1984	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium glycines Madhaiyan et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gondwanense Dobson et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium gossypii Kämpfer et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium granuli Aslam et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium gyeonganense Kim et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium halmephilium Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium halmophilum corrig. Elazari-Volcani 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium hankyongi Liu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium haoranii Zhang et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium harrisonii" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium hauense Dong et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium heparinum Payza and Korn 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium hercynium Cousin et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium hibernum McCammon et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium hibisci Moya et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium hiemivividum Chaudhary et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium humi" Kim et al. 2019	not validly published
    Flavobacterium humicola Nguyen and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium hydatis Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium hydrophilum Joung et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ichthyis Chen et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium indicum Saha and Chakrabarti 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium indologenes Yabuuchi et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium indoltheticum Campbell and Williams 1951 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium inkyongense Park et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium inviolabile" Van Le et al. 2021	not validly published
    Flavobacterium jejuense corrig. Park et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium jejuensis Park et al. 2016	orthographic variant	misspelling
    "Flavobacterium jocheonensis" Choi et al. 2019	not validly published
    Flavobacterium johnsonae (Stanier 1947) Bernardet et al. 1996	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium johnsoniae corrig. (Stanier 1947) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium jumunjinense Joung et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium kayseriense Saticioglu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium keumense Ekwe et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium kingsejongi Choi et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium knui Kim et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium koreense Lee et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium kyungheense corrig. Son et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium kyungheensis Son et al. 2014	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium lacicola Park et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium lacunae Chen et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium lacus Li et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium laiguense Yang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium limi Moya et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium limicola Tamaki et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium limnosediminis Lee et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium lindanitolerans Jit et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium longum Fujii et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium lotistagni Wu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium lutescens" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium luteum Park et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium luticocti Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium lutivivi Feng et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium macacae Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium macrobrachii Sheu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium magnum Baek et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium maotaiense Feng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium marinum Song et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium maris Romanenko et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium matazoonii" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium microcysteis Seo et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium micromati Van Trappen et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium mizutaii (Yabuuchi et al. 1983) Holmes et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium muglaense Duman et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium multivorum Holmes et al. 1981	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium myungsuense Joung et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium nackdongense Kim and Yu 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium naphthae Chaudhary and Kim 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium nitratireducens Nupur et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium nitrogenifigens Kämpfer et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium niveum Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium noncentrifugens Zhu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium notoginsengisoli Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum Carty and Litchfield 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium odoratum Stutzer 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium okeanokoites ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium olei Chaudhary and Kim 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium omnivorum Zhu et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium oncorhynchi Zamora et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium orientale Li et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium oryzae Chen et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ovatum Ren et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium pallidum Baek et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium palustre Feng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium panacis" Kim et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium panacisoli" Jung et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium panaciterrae" Jin et al. 2014	not validly published
    Flavobacterium panici Kämpfer et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium paronense Joung et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium parvum" Lee et al. 2018	not validly published
    Flavobacterium pectinovorum (Reichenbach 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium pedocola Nguyen and Kim 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium petrolei" Chaudhary et al. 2019	not validly published
    Flavobacterium phocarum Zhou et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium phragmitis Liu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium phycosphaerae Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium piscinae Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium piscis Zamora et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium plicatum" (Copeland 1899) Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium plurextorum Zamora et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium pokkalii" Menon et al. 2020	not validly published
    Flavobacterium ponti Yoon et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium procerum Feng et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium profundi Wang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium proteum" Shimwell and Grimes 1936	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Flavobacterium psychrolimnae Van Trappen et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium psychroterrae Králová et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium psychrotolerans Yang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium qiangtangense corrig. Huang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium qiangtangensis Huang et al. 2015	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium quisquiliarum Zhang et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium racemosum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium radiatum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium rakeshii Kaur et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ranwuense Zhang et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium reichenbachii Ali et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium resinovorum Delaporte and Daste 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium resistens Ryu et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium restrictum Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium rhamnosiphilum Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium riviphilum Sheu et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium rivuli Ali et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium saccharophilum (Reichenbach 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium salegens Dobson et al. 1993	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium salilacus Debnath et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium saliodium" Kim et al. 2006	not validly published
    Flavobacterium saliperosum Wang et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium salmonis Kämpfer et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium sandaracinum Chaudhary et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium sangjuense Kim et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium sasangense" Yoon et al. 2009	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium schirokikhi" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium scophthalmum Mudarris et al. 1994	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium sediminilitoris Park et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium sediminis Bae et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium segetis Yi and Chun 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium seoulense Shin et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium shanxiense" Yang et al. 2015	not validly published
    Flavobacterium sharifuzzamanii Debnath et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium silvaticum Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium silvisoli Chaudhary et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium sinopsychrotolerans Xu et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium soli Yoon et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium solisilvae Jung et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium soyangense Nam et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium spartansii Loch and Faisal 2014	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium spiritivorum Holmes et al. 1982	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium squillarum Sheu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium stagni Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium stolonatum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium suaedae Sun et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium subsaxonicum Ali et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium succinicans (Reichenbach 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium sufflavum Chen et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium sulfureum" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium suncheonense Kim et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium supellecticarium Lin et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium suzhouense Zhang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium swingsii Ali et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tagetis Chhetri et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tangerina Li et al. 2020	orthographic variant	misspelling
    Flavobacterium tangerinum corrig. Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tegetincola McCammon and Bowman 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium terrae Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium terrigena Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium terriphilum Zhang et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium thalpophilum Holmes et al. 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium thermophilum Loginova and Egorova 1982	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tiangeerense Xin et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tibetense Phurbu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tilapiae Chen et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tistrianum Suwannachart et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium tremelloides" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    "Flavobacterium trifolium" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium tructae Zamora et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium turcicum Saticioglu et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium tyrosinilyticum Du and Yi 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium uliginosum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium ummariense Lata et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium undicola" Chen et al. 2021	not validly published
    Flavobacterium ureilyticum Dahal and Kim 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum Fujii et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium urumqiense Dong et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium ustbae Liu et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium verecundum Sheu et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium vireti Singh et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium viscosum corrig. Li et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium viscosus Li et al. 2020	orthographic variant	misspelling
    "Flavobacterium vitarumen" Bechdel et al. 1928	not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
    Flavobacterium weaverense Yi and Chun 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium xanthum (ex Inoue and Komagata 1976) McCammon and Bowman 2000	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium xinjiangense Zhu et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium xinjiangensis" Pearce 2003	not validly published
    Flavobacterium xueshanense Dong et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium yabuuchiae Holmes et al. 1988	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Flavobacterium yanchengense Hu et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium yonginense Joung et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium zaozhuangense Chen et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium zepuense Zhang et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Flavobacterium zettnowii" Bergey et al. 1923	not validly published
    Flavobacterium zhairuonense corrig. Debnath et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Flavobacterium zhairuonensis Debnath et al. 2020	orthographic variant	misspelling

Parent taxon: Flavobacteriaceae Reichenbach 1992

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Order 1. Cytophagales Leadbetter 1974, 99AL. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, first edition, vol. 3, The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2011-2013.

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