Name: Cereibacter flavus Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ke-re-i-BAK-ter FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: GDMCC 1.3803; KCTC 92893; SYSU M79828

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16S rRNA gene: OQ940477 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu WL, Yang ZW, Guo DY, Deng QQ, Li JL, Wang PD, Chen SH, Liu L, Nie GX, Li WJ. Cereibacter flavus sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater of the South China Sea and reclassification of Rhodobacter alkalitolerans as Cereibacter alkalitolerans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6051. 🇨🇳

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

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Falsirhodobacter flavus (Liu et al. 2023) Huang et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Falsirhodobacter flavus (Liu et al. 2023) Huang et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cereibacter flavus 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 Cereibacter.
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Cereibacter Suresh et al. 2015

Assigned by: Liu WL, Yang ZW, Guo DY, Deng QQ, Li JL, Wang PD, Chen SH, Liu L, Nie GX, Li WJ. Cereibacter flavus sp. nov., a novel member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from seawater of the South China Sea and reclassification of Rhodobacter alkalitolerans as Cereibacter alkalitolerans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6051. 🇨🇳

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