Name: Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ich.thy.o.en’te.ri. Gr. masc. n. ichthys, fish; Gr. neut. n. enteron, gut; N.L. gen. neut. n. ichthyoenteri, of fish gut [probably better: ichthyenteri]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 26285; JCM 18634; KCTC 32142; Th78

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX412958 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang Y, Tang K, Shi X, Zhang XH. Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri sp. nov., an N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading bacterium isolated from the intestine of a flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), and emended descriptions of the genus Flaviramulus and Flaviramulus basaltis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4477-4483.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Wocania ichthyoenteri (Zhang et al. 2013) He et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Wocania ichthyoenteri (Zhang et al. 2013) He et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flaviramulus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species F. basaltis, and is susceptible to being reclassified within the genus Changchengzhania". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.
  • 🧍 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: Flaviramulus Einen and Øvreås 2006

Assigned by: Zhang Y, Tang K, Shi X, Zhang XH. Flaviramulus ichthyoenteri sp. nov., an N-acylhomoserine lactone-degrading bacterium isolated from the intestine of a flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus), and emended descriptions of the genus Flaviramulus and Flaviramulus basaltis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4477-4483.

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