Species ***Flavobacterium* *eburneum***

Name: Flavobacterium eburneum Hwang et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.bur’ne.um. L. neut. adj. eburneum, ivory-coloured

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … e-BUR-ne-um, neuter

Type strain: JCM 31221; KACC 18743; SA31

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KX158678 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang WM, Kim D, Kang K, Ahn TY. Flavobacterium eburneum sp. nov., isolated from reclaimed saline land soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:55-59. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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 2 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: Hwang WM, Kim D, Kang K, Ahn TY. Flavobacterium eburneum sp. nov., isolated from reclaimed saline land soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:55-59. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 795029

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Species Flavobacterium eburneum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *eburneum***