Species Flavobacterium indologenes

Name: Flavobacterium indologenes Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.do.lo’ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. indolum, indole; Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. neut. part. adj. indologenes, indole producing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-do-LO-ge-nes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 29897; CCUG 14483; CCUG 14556; CDC 3716; CIP 101026; DSM 16777; GIFU 1347; IFO 14944; LMG 8337; NBRC 14944; NCTC 10796; RH 542

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB517708 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yabuuchi E, Kaneko T, Yano I, Moss CW, Miyoshi N. Sphingobacterium gen. nov., Sphingobacterium spiritivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium multivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium mizutae sp. nov., and Flavobacterium indologenes sp. nov.: glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative rods in CDC groups IIK-2 and IIb. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:580-598. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Chryseobacterium indologenes (Yabuuchi et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1994

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Chryseobacterium indologenes (Yabuuchi et al. 1983) Vandamme et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium indologenes 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human and animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "ht". — 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 23 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 Flavobacterium indologenes Yabuuchi et al. 1983 was previously known as King group IIb. — 🧍 See also American Type Culture Collection (ATCC). — 🧍 See also Culture Collection, University of Göteborg (CCUG). 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. 🇫🇷
- 🧍 See also: Publication: Moore WEC, Moore LVH. Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1992). American Society for Microbiology, Washington, 1992. 🇺🇸
- 🧍 The type strain is designated as ATCC 29893 (p. 580) or ATCC 29897 (p. 581) or ATCC 17898 (p. 597). The right type strain is ATCC 29897 [1, 2, 3, 4] erroneously listed as ATCC 29893 in the NCTC catalogue 1989 [4]. Publication: Moore WEC, Cato EP, Moore LVH. Index of the bacterial and yeast nomenclatural changes published in the International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology since the 1980 Approved Lists of Bacterial Names (1 January 1980 to 1 January 1985). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1985; 35:382-407. 🇺🇸

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

Assigned by: Yabuuchi E, Kaneko T, Yano I, Moss CW, Miyoshi N. Sphingobacterium gen. nov., Sphingobacterium spiritivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium multivorum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium mizutae sp. nov., and Flavobacterium indologenes sp. nov.: glucose-nonfermenting gram-negative rods in CDC groups IIK-2 and IIb. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:580-598. 🇯🇵

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Species Flavobacterium indologenes