Name: Flaviflexus huanghaiensis Du et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.ang.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. huanghaiensis, pertaining to Huanghai, the Chinese name for the Yellow Sea, the geographical origin of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CICC 10486; DSM 24315; H5

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16S rRNA gene: JN815236 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Du ZJ, Miao TT, Lin XZ, Liu QQ, Chen GJ. Flaviflexus huanghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1863-1867.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013. Publication: Du ZJ, Miao TT, Lin XZ, Liu QQ, Chen GJ. Flaviflexus huanghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1863-1867.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flaviflexus Du et al. 2013

Assigned by: Du ZJ, Miao TT, Lin XZ, Liu QQ, Chen GJ. Flaviflexus huanghaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium of the family Actinomycetaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1863-1867.

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