Species ***Flavobacterium* *filum***

Name: Flavobacterium filum Ryu et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi’lum. L. neut. n. filum, a thread, a Flavobacterium species called the thread (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 17961; EMB34; KCTC 12610

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ372981 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ryu SH, Park M, Jeon Y, Lee JR, Park W, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium filum sp. nov., isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2026-2030.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Li et al. 2014 Li A, Liu H, Sun B, Zhou Y, Xin Y. Flavobacterium lacus sp. nov., isolated from a high-altitude lake, and emended description of Flavobacterium filum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:933-939. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1827-1829.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07707 (N = 123).
- 😷 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 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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: Ryu SH, Park M, Jeon Y, Lee JR, Park W, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium filum sp. nov., isolated from a wastewater treatment plant in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2026-2030.

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Species Flavobacterium filum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *filum***