Name: Flavivirga eckloniae Lee et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: eck.lo’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. eckloniae, of Ecklonia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from Ecklonia cava

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wi-WIR-ga ekk-LO-ni-a͡e, feminine

Type strain: ECD14; JCM 31797; KCTC 52352

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU725769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN. Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3089-3094. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00967 (N = 72).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species F. jejuensis, and is susceptible to being reclassified as a new genus". 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: Flavivirga Yi et al. 2012

Assigned by: Lee JH, Kang JW, Choe HN, Seong CN. Flavivirga eckloniae sp. nov. and Flavivirga aquimarina sp. nov., isolated from seaweed Ecklonia cava. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3089-3094. 🇰🇷

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