Species ***Chryseobacterium* *koreense***

Name: Chryseobacterium koreense (Kim et al. 2004) Kämpfer et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Kaistella koreensis Kim et al. 2004

Etymology: ko.re.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. koreense, of Korea, from where the organism was first isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hry-se-o-bak-TE-ri-um ko-re-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: Chj707; IAM 15050; JCM 21512; KCTC 12107; NBRC 103027

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF344179 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Vaneechoutte M, Lodders N, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Busse HJ, Wauters G. Description of Chryseobacterium anthropi sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to Kaistella koreensis and Chryseobacterium haifense, proposal to reclassify Kaistella koreensis as Chryseobacterium koreense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2421-2428. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Kaistella koreensis Kim et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Vaneechoutte M, Lodders N, De Baere T, Avesani V, Janssens M, Busse HJ, Wauters G. Description of Chryseobacterium anthropi sp. nov. to accommodate clinical isolates biochemically similar to Kaistella koreensis and Chryseobacterium haifense, proposal to reclassify Kaistella koreensis as Chryseobacterium koreense comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Chryseobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2421-2428. 🇧🇪

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Species Chryseobacterium koreense

Species ***Chryseobacterium* *koreense***