Species Flavobacterium capsulatum

Name: Flavobacterium capsulatum Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cap.su.la’tum. L. fem. dim. n. capsula, a small box or chest; L. neut. adj. suff. -atum, suffix denoting provided with; N.L. neut. adj. capsulatum, with a chest, capsuled

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 14666; CCUG 17697; CCUG 31202; CIP 82.103; DSM 30196; GIFU 11526; HAMBI 103; IFO 12533; JCM 7452; JCM 7508; LMG 2830; NBRC 12533; VKM B-1564

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16S rRNA gene: D16147 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leifson E. The bacterial flora of distilled and stored water. III. New species of the genera Corynebacterium, Flavobacterium, Spirillum and Pseudomonas. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1962; 12:161-170.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Novosphingobium capsulatum (Leifson 1962) Takeuchi et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingomonas capsulata (Leifson 1962) Yabuuchi et al. 1990	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Novosphingobium capsulatum (Leifson 1962) Takeuchi et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium capsulatum 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 Flavobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Leifson E. The bacterial flora of distilled and stored water. III. New species of the genera Corynebacterium, Flavobacterium, Spirillum and Pseudomonas. International Bulletin of Bacteriological Nomenclature and Taxonomy 1962; 12:161-170.

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Species Flavobacterium capsulatum