Species ***Flavobacterium* *frigidarium***

Name: Flavobacterium frigidarium Humphry et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fri.gi.da’ri.um. L. neut. n. frigidarium, one who bathes in cold water

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fri-gi-DA-ri-um, neuter

Type strain: A2i; ATCC 700810; CIP 107124; DSM 17623; NBRC 102676; NCIMB 13737

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16S rRNA gene: AF162266 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Humphry DR, George A, Black GW, Cummings SP. Flavobacterium frigidarium sp. nov., an aerobic, psychrophilic, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1235-1243. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07082 (N = 126).
- 😷 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 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 The etymology of the specific epithet fridigarium should read L. neut. adj. frigidarium belonging to the cold (not L. n. frigidarium one who bathes in cold water as cited in the paper by Humphry et al. 2001). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

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

Assigned by: Humphry DR, George A, Black GW, Cummings SP. Flavobacterium frigidarium sp. nov., an aerobic, psychrophilic, xylanolytic and laminarinolytic bacterium from Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1235-1243. 🇬🇧

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Species Flavobacterium frigidarium

Species ***Flavobacterium* *frigidarium***