Species ***Flavobacterium* *chungangense***

Name: Flavobacterium chungangense Kim et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: chung.ang.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. chungangense, pertaining to Chung-Ang University, Korea, where the type strain of the species was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CJ7; JCM 15651; KACC 13353

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU924275 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim JH, Kim KY, Cha CJ. Flavobacterium chungangense sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1754-1758.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Kim et al. 2014 Kim H, Kang H, Joung Y, Joh K. Flavobacterium gyeonganense sp. nov., isolated from freshwater, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium chungangense, Flavobacterium aquidurense, Flavobacterium tructae and Flavobacterium granuli. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:4173-4178. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:739-740.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 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: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kim JH, Kim KY, Cha CJ. Flavobacterium chungangense sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1754-1758.

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Species Flavobacterium chungangense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *chungangense***