Name: Flammeovirga pacifica Xu et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Pronunciation, gender: pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2010364; DSM 24597; LMG 26175; MCCC 1A06425; WPAGA1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ412594 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xu H, Fu Y, Yang N, Ding Z, Lai Q, Zeng R. Flammeovirga pacifica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:937-941.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15343 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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: Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997

Assigned by: Xu H, Fu Y, Yang N, Ding Z, Lai Q, Zeng R. Flammeovirga pacifica sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:937-941.

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