Species Chryseobacterium formosum

Name: Chryseobacterium formosum corrig. Akter et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mo’sum. L. neut. adj. formosum, fair

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: khry-se-o-bak-TE-ri-um for-MO-sum, neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015118; KCTC 42606; THG DN3.6

16S rRNA gene: KM035938 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Akter S, Ngo HT, Du J, Won K, Singh H, Yin CS, Kook M, Yi TH. Chryseobacterium formosus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from an ancient tree trunk. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:1011-1017. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Akter S, Ngo HT, Du J, Won K, Singh H, Yin CS, Kook M, Yi TH. Chryseobacterium formosus sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from an ancient tree trunk. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:1011-1017. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 72687

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