Name: Cellulophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bowman 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flavobacterium uliginosum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: u.li.gi.no’sa. L. fem. adj. uliginosa, moist, marshy

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: kel-lu-LO-p^ha-ga u-li-gi-NO-sa, feminine

Type strain: ACAM 538; ATCC 14397; CCUG 33448; CECT 4277; CIP 104808; DSM 2061; IFO 14962; JCM 21152; LMG 3809; NBRC 14962; NCIMB 1863; NCMB 1863; ZoBell 553

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16S rRNA gene: M62799 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bowman JP. Description of Cellulophaga algicola sp. nov., isolated from the surfaces of Antarctic algae, and reclassification of Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 as Cellulophaga uliginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1861-1868. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1955.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Zobellia uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Barbeyron et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Agarbacterium uliginosum" (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Breed 1957	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Zobellia uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Barbeyron et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Flavobacterium uliginosum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cellulophaga uliginosa is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cellulophaga.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Bowman 2000, the basonym Flavobacterium uliginosum is cited as Flavobacterium uliginosum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Weeks 1974) (sic). Publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

Parent taxon: Cellulophaga Johansen et al. 1999

Assigned by: Bowman JP. Description of Cellulophaga algicola sp. nov., isolated from the surfaces of Antarctic algae, and reclassification of Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 as Cellulophaga uliginosa comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1861-1868. 🇦🇺

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