Species Chryseobacterium meningosepticum

Name: Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: me.nin.go.sep’ti.cum. Gr. fem. n. mêninx (gen. mêningos), meninges, membrane covering the brain; Gr. masc. adj. sêptikos, putrefactive; N.L. neut. adj. meningosepticum, apparently referring to association of the bacterium with both meningitis and septicaemia, but not septic meningitis as the name implies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: k^hry-se-o-bak-TE-ri-um me-nin-go-SEP-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13253; CCUG 214; CIP 60.57; DSM 2800; IFO 12535; JCM 21065; LMG 12279; NBRC 12535; NCTC 10016

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ704540 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vandamme P, Bernardet JF, Segers P, Kersters K, Holmes B. New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:827-831. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 44, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Chryseobacterium meningosepticum 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 Chryseobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "P650 = v". — 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 98 times 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 species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994

Assigned by: Vandamme P, Bernardet JF, Segers P, Kersters K, Holmes B. New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:827-831. 🇧🇪

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Species Chryseobacterium meningosepticum