Species ***Flavobacterium* *commune***

Name: Flavobacterium commune Ekwe and Kim 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com.mu’ne. L. neut. adj. commune, common, widespread, referring to frequent isolation from freshwater habitats

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kom-MU-ne, neuter

Type strain: JCM 32115; KCTC 52562; PK15

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC355351 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ekwe AP, Kim SB. Flavobacterium commune sp. nov., isolated from freshwater and emended description of Flavobacterium seoulense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:93-98. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪
  Notes:
  - 🧍 As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Ekwe AP, Kim SB. Flavobacterium commune sp. nov., isolated from freshwater and emended description of Flavobacterium seoulense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:93-98. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797450

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Species Flavobacterium commune

Species ***Flavobacterium* *commune***