Name:Flavobacteriumbranchiicola 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)
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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
Risk group:
1
Notes:
😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t+". — 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 0 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.