Name: Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989

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, gender: 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

Effective publication: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929, 577, emend. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2015-2020.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 31. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:495-497.

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
    "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
    Cellulophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bowman 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cytophaga 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 Cytophaga.
  • 😷 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 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.
  • 🧍 "Agarbacterium uliginosum". — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 31, the basonym of Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989 is erroneously cited as "Agarbacterium uliginosum" ZoBell and Upham 1944. — 🧍 In Validation List no. 31, the page numbers of the paper by Reichenbach 1989 are erroneously cited as 2015-2020 (sic). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Reichenbach H. Genus I. Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929, 577, emend. In: Staley JT, Bryant MP, Pfennig N, Holt JG (eds), Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology, vol. 3., The Williams & Wilkins Co., Baltimore, 1989, p. 2015-2020.

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