Species ***Flavobacterium* *cucumis***

Name: Flavobacterium cucumis Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu’cu.mis. L. masc. n. cucumis, of the cucumber, referring to the isolation source of the type strain, a soil cultivated with cucumber plants (Cucumis), nominative also possible (nominative in apposition) (also as genitive)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KU-ku-mis, neuter

Type strain: DSM 18830; KACC 11732; R2A45-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF126993 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Song MH, Son JA, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium terrae sp. nov. and Flavobacterium cucumis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1594-1598. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

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 11 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: Weon HY, Song MH, Son JA, Kim BY, Kwon SW, Go SJ, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium terrae sp. nov. and Flavobacterium cucumis sp. nov., isolated from greenhouse soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1594-1598. 🇰🇷

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Species Flavobacterium cucumis

Species ***Flavobacterium* *cucumis***