Species ***Flavobacterium* *aquaticum***

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Bacteroidota Flavobacteriia Flavobacteriales Flavobacteriaceae Flavobacterium Flavobacterium aquaticum

Name: Flavobacterium aquaticum Subhash et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cum. L. neut. adj. aquaticum, living, growing, or found in or by the water, aquatic

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um a-KWA-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.12398; JC164; KCTC 32196; LMG 27251

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE995762 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Subhash Y, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Flavobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from a water sample of a rice field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3463-3469. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Flavobacterium aquaticum" Lee et al. 2013.
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Holmes and Owen proposed rejection of Flavobacterium aquatile as a nomen dubium and proposed substitution of Flavobacterium breve, which does not appear in the Approved lists, as the type species. The Judicial Commission voted to deny the action proposed. Publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ. Proposal that Flavobacterium breve be substituted as the type species of the genus in place of Flavobacterium aquatile and emended description of the genus Flavobacterium: status of the named species of Flavobacterium. Request for an Opinion. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1979; 29:416-426.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Wayne LG. Actions of the Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology on requests for opinions published between July 1979 and April 1981. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:464-465.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Judicial C. Minutes of the meeting, 6 August 1982, Boston, Massachusetts. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:577-578.
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Jones D. JUDICIAL COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE ON SYSTEMATIC BACTERIOLOGY: Minutes of the Meeting, 5 September 1986, Manchester, United Kingdom. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:85-87.

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Subhash Y, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Flavobacterium aquaticum sp. nov., isolated from a water sample of a rice field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3463-3469. 🇮🇳

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