Species ***Flavobacterium* *crassostreae***

Name: Flavobacterium crassostreae Choi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: crass.os’tre.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. crassostreae, pertaining to Crassostrea, the genus name of the Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um krass-OS-tre-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: JCM 31219; KACC 18706; LPB0076

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU057346 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi S, Shin SK, Kim E, Yi H. Flavobacterium crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from Pacific oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:988-992. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

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. — 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 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.
- 🧍 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: Choi S, Shin SK, Kim E, Yi H. Flavobacterium crassostreae sp. nov., isolated from Pacific oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:988-992. 🇰🇷

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Species Flavobacterium crassostreae

Species ***Flavobacterium* *crassostreae***