Species ***Flavobacterium* *denitrificans***

Name: Flavobacterium denitrificans Horn et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. L. prep. de, away from; L. neut. n. nitrum, soda; N.L. masc. n. nitras, nitrate; N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. neut. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-842; DSM 15936; ED5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ318907 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Horn MA, Ihssen J, Matthies C, Schramm A, Acker G, Drake HL. Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1255-1265. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of "Flavobacterium denitrificans" Bergey et al. 1923.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06881 (N = 126).
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 8 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.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Horn MA, Ihssen J, Matthies C, Schramm A, Acker G, Drake HL. Dechloromonas denitrificans sp. nov., Flavobacterium denitrificans sp. nov., Paenibacillus anaericanus sp. nov. and Paenibacillus terrae strain MH72, N2O-producing bacteria isolated from the gut of the earthworm Aporrectodea caliginosa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1255-1265. 🇩🇪

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Species Flavobacterium denitrificans

Species ***Flavobacterium* *denitrificans***