Name: Flagellimonas eckloniae Bae et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: eck.lo’ni.ae. N.L. fem. n. Ecklonia, scientific genus name of the marine alga from which the bacterium was isolated; N.L. gen. fem. n. eckloniae, of Ecklonia

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-gel-LI-mo-nas ekk-LO-ni-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: DOKDO 7; JCM 13831; KCCM 42307; KCTC 22266

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM461123 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bae SS, Kwon KK, Yang SH, Lee HS, Kim SJ, Lee JH. Flagellimonas eckloniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the rhizosphere of Ecklonia kurome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1050-1054. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Muricauda eckloniae (Bae et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Allomuricauda eckloniae (Bae et al. 2007) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Emendations:
  • Choi et al. 2018 Choi S, Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN. Flagellimonas aquimarina sp. nov., and transfer of Spongiibacterium flavum Yoon and Oh 2012 and S. pacificum Gao et al. 2015 to the genus Flagellimonas Bae et al. 2007 as Flagellimonas flava comb. nov. and F. pacifica comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3266-3272. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:10-12.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Flagellimonas Bae et al. 2007. Publication: Bae SS, Kwon KK, Yang SH, Lee HS, Kim SJ, Lee JH. Flagellimonas eckloniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the rhizosphere of Ecklonia kurome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1050-1054. 🇰🇷
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). 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: Flagellimonas Bae et al. 2007

Assigned by: Bae SS, Kwon KK, Yang SH, Lee HS, Kim SJ, Lee JH. Flagellimonas eckloniae gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from the rhizosphere of Ecklonia kurome. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1050-1054. 🇰🇷

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