Species ***Flavobacterium* *flevense***

Name: Flavobacterium flevense (van der Meulen et al. 1974) Bernardet et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga flevensis van der Meulen et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: flev.en’se. L. n. Flevum, a former inner sea in the central part of The Netherlands which is now a freshwater lake called IJsselmeer; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -ensis, suffix used with the sense of belonging to or coming from; M.L. neut. adj. flevense, pertaining to Flevum

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 27944; CCUG 14832; CIP 104740; DSM 1076; IFO 14960; JCM 21143; LMG 8328; NBRC 14960

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB680723 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytophaga flevensis van der Meulen et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Chen et al. 2014 Chen WM, Chen JC, Sheu SY. Flavobacterium oryzae sp. nov., isolated from a flooded rice field, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium flevense, Flavobacterium yonginense and Flavobacterium myungsuense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3701-3708. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Notes:
- 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🧍 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: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

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Species Flavobacterium flevense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *flevense***