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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Flavobacterium ginsengiterrae

Name: Flavobacterium ginsengiterrae Kim et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.sen.gi.ter’rae. N.L. neut. n. ginsengum, ginseng; L. gen. fem. n. terrae, soil; N.L. gen. fem. n. ginsengiterrae, of soil of a ginseng field, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gin-sen-gi-TER-ra͡e, neuter

Type strain: DCY 55; JCM 17337; KCTC 23319

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM776706 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kim SR, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Min JW, Jeon JN, Yang DU, Yang DC. Flavobacterium ginsengiterrae sp. nov., isolated from a ginseng field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2011; 57:341-346. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 224. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6801.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Kim SR, Kim YJ, Nguyen NL, Min JW, Jeon JN, Yang DU, Yang DC. Flavobacterium ginsengiterrae sp. nov., isolated from a ginseng field. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2011; 57:341-346. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 66868
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