Species ***Flavobacterium* *defluvii***

Name: Flavobacterium defluvii Park et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.flu’vi.i. L. gen. neut. n. defluvii, of sewage

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 17963; EMB117; KCTC 12612

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ372986 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park M, Ryu SH, Vu TH, Ro HS, Yun PY, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium defluvii sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:233-237.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Chen et al. 2013 Chen WM, Huang WC, Young CC, Sheu SY. Flavobacterium tilapiae sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium defluvii and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:827-834. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

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 9 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 genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Park M, Ryu SH, Vu TH, Ro HS, Yun PY, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium defluvii sp. nov., isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:233-237.

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Species Flavobacterium defluvii

Species ***Flavobacterium* *defluvii***