Species ***Flavobacterium* *cutihirudinis***

Name: Flavobacterium cutihirudinis Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cu.ti.hi.ru’di.nis. L. fem. n. cutis (gen. cutis), the skin; L. fem. n. hirudo (gen. hirudinis), a leech; N.L. gen. fem. n. cutihirudinis, of the skin of a leech

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CIP 110384; DSM 25795; E89; LMG 26922

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX966231 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Flavobacterium cutihirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of the medical leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2841-2847.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

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 2 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 culture collection accession number of the CIP has been erroneously published as CIP 110374, the correct number is CIP 110384. — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

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

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Galatis H, Martin K, Kampfer P. Flavobacterium cutihirudinis sp. nov., isolated from the skin of the medical leech Hirudo verbana. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2841-2847.

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Species Flavobacterium cutihirudinis

Species ***Flavobacterium* *cutihirudinis***