Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Flavobacterium branchiicola

Name: Flavobacterium branchiicola Zamora et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bran.chi.i.co.la. L. gen. fem. n. branchiae, the gills of fish; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. branchiicola, inhabitant of gills (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 59B-3-09; CCUG 60096; CECT 7790

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: HE612102 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zamora L, Vela AI, Sánchez-Porro C, Palacios MA, Domínguez L, Moore ERB, Ventosa A, Fernández-Garayzábal JF. Characterization of flavobacteria possibly associated with fish and fish farm environment. Description of three novel Flavobacterium species: Flavobacterium collinsii sp., nov., Flavobacterium branchiarum sp. nov., and Flavobacterium branchiicola sp. nov. Aquaculture 2013; 416–417:346-353.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 167. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Zamora L, Vela AI, Sánchez-Porro C, Palacios MA, Domínguez L, Moore ERB, Ventosa A, Fernández-Garayzábal JF. Characterization of flavobacteria possibly associated with fish and fish farm environment. Description of three novel Flavobacterium species: Flavobacterium collinsii sp., nov., Flavobacterium branchiarum sp. nov., and Flavobacterium branchiicola sp. nov. Aquaculture 2013; 416–417:346-353.

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Record number: 793686
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