Species Flavobacterium heparinum

Name: Flavobacterium heparinum Payza and Korn 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: he.pa.ri’num. Gr. neut. n. hêpar, liver; N.L. neut. adj. heparinum, of or pertaining to degradation of heparin, acidic mucoheteropolysaccharide with sulfate groups from various animal tissues

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 13125; CCUG 12810; CIP 104194; CIP 105498; DSM 2366; IFO 12017; JCM 7457; LMG 10339; LMG 4024; NBRC 12017; NCIB 9290; NCIMB 9290; NRRL B-14731

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438172 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Korn ED, Payza AN. The degradation of heparin by bacterial enzymes. I. Adaptation and lyophilized cells. J Biol Chem 1956; 223:853-858.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingobacterium heparinum (Payza and Korn 1956) Takeuchi and Yokota 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pedobacter heparinus (Payza and Korn 1956) Steyn et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Cytophaga heparina (Payza and Korn 1956) Christensen 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium heparinum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flavobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 162 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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

Assigned by: Korn ED, Payza AN. The degradation of heparin by bacterial enzymes. I. Adaptation and lyophilized cells. J Biol Chem 1956; 223:853-858.

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Species Flavobacterium heparinum