Name: Flammeovirga aprica (Reichenbach 1989 ex Lewin 1969) Nakagawa et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga aprica (ex Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989

Etymology: a’pri.ca. L. fem. adj. aprica, exposed to the sun, growing in the sunshine

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 23126; CIP 104807; IFO 15941; JL-4; JL-4 Lewin; NBRC 15941

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB247553 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakagawa Y, Hamana K, Sakane T, Yamasato K. Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:220-223.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:603.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga aprica (ex Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Takahashi et al. 2006 Takahashi M, Suzuki K, Nakagawa Y. Emendation of the genus Flammeovirga and Flammeovirga aprica with the proposal of Flammeovirga arenaria nom. rev., comb. nov. and Flammeovirga yaeyamensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2095-2100. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2725-2726.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997. Publication: Nakagawa Y, Hamana K, Sakane T, Yamasato K. Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:220-223.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997

Assigned by: Nakagawa Y, Hamana K, Sakane T, Yamasato K. Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:220-223.

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