Species ***Flavobacterium* *gelidilacus***

Name: Flavobacterium gelidilacus Van Trappen et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.li.di.la.cus. L. masc. adj. gelidus, ice-cold; L. masc. n. lacus (gen. lacus), lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. gelidilacus, of the ice-cold lake, referring to the isolation source, microbial mats in Antarctic lakes

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 15343; LMG 21477; R-8899

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ440996 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium gelidilacus sp. nov., isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1241-1245.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Joung et al. 2013 Joung Y, Kim H, Joh K. Flavobacterium jumunjinense sp. nov., isolated from a lagoon, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium cheniae, Flavobacterium dongtanense and Flavobacterium gelidilacus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3937-3943. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06680 (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 6 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: Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J. Flavobacterium gelidilacus sp. nov., isolated from microbial mats in Antarctic lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1241-1245.

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Species Flavobacterium gelidilacus

Species ***Flavobacterium* *gelidilacus***