Species Allomuricauda flava

Name: Allomuricauda flava (Yoon and Oh 2012) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Spongiibacterium flavum Yoon and Oh 2012

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, the colour of colonies or pigment

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-lo-mu-ri-KA͡U-da FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: A11; DSM 22638; KCTC 22665

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ348473 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allomuricauda gen. nov. and Allofranklinella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Muricauda and Franklinella, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6023. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6158.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Flagellimonas flava (Yoon and Oh 2012) Choi et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Muricauda flava (Yoon and Oh 2012) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Spongiibacterium flavum Yoon and Oh 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flagellimonas flava (Yoon and Oh 2012) Choi et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Allomuricauda Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Allomuricauda gen. nov. and Allofranklinella gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Muricauda and Franklinella, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6023. 🇮🇱

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.20809Copy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 20809

• Previous versions:

  • Version	Date	JSON
    1	2026-03-31