Species ***Flavobacterium* *degerlachei***

Name: Flavobacterium degerlachei Van Trappen et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ger.la’che.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. degerlachei, of de Gerlache, named in honour of Adrian de Gerlache (the Belgian pioneer who conducted the first scientific expedition to Antarctica in 1897-1899)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 15718; LMG 21915; NBRC 102677

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ557886 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium degerlachei sp. nov., Flavobacterium frigoris sp. nov. and Flavobacterium micromati sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:85-92.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 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: Van Trappen S, Vandecandelaere I, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium degerlachei sp. nov., Flavobacterium frigoris sp. nov. and Flavobacterium micromati sp. nov., novel psychrophilic bacteria isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:85-92.

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Species Flavobacterium degerlachei

Species ***Flavobacterium* *degerlachei***