Name: Demequina flava Hamada et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, golden yellow, referring to the colour of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: DSM 24865; HR08-7; NBRC 105854

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB674956 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hamada M, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Demequina flava sp. nov. and Demequina sediminicola sp. nov., isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:249-253.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1211-1213.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Parent taxon: Demequina Yi et al. 2007

Assigned by: Hamada M, Tamura T, Yamamura H, Suzuki K, Hayakawa M. Demequina flava sp. nov. and Demequina sediminicola sp. nov., isolated from sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:249-253.

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Record number: 790420