Species Flavobacterium ferrugineum

Name: Flavobacterium ferrugineum Sickles and Shaw 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.ru.gi’ne.um. L. neut. adj. ferrugineum, rust-coloured

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13524; CCUG 33443; DSM 30193; IAM 15098; IFO 14992; JCM 21559; LMG 4021; NBRC 14992

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M62798 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sickles GM, Shaw M. A Systematic Study of Microorganisms Which Decompose the Specific Carbohydrates of the Pneumococcus. J Bacteriol 1934; 28:415-431.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Terrimonas ferruginea (Sickles and Shaw 1934) Xie and Yokota 2006

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Terrimonas ferruginea (Sickles and Shaw 1934) Xie and Yokota 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium ferrugineum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flavobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Sickles GM, Shaw M. A Systematic Study of Microorganisms Which Decompose the Specific Carbohydrates of the Pneumococcus. J Bacteriol 1934; 28:415-431.

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Species Flavobacterium ferrugineum