Species ***Flavobacterium* *johnsoniae***

Name: Flavobacterium johnsoniae corrig. (Stanier 1947) Bernardet et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga johnsonae Stanier 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: john.so’ni.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. johnsoniae, of Johnson, named after the American microbiologist Delia E. Johnson, who made an early study of chitinolytic gliding soil bacteria

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 17061; CCUG 35202; CFBP 3036; CIP 100931; DSM 2064; IFO 14942; JCM 8514; LMG 1341; NBRC 14942

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M59051 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flavobacterium johnsonae (Stanier 1947) Bernardet et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling
Cytophaga johnsonae Stanier 1947 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Kim et al. 2012 Kim JJ, Kanaya E, Weon HY, Koga Y, Takano K, Dunfield PF, Kwon SW, Kanaya S. Flavobacterium compostarboris sp. nov., isolated from leaf-and-branch compost, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium hercynium, Flavobacterium resistens and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2018-2024. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.
- Chen et al. 2013 Chen WM, Huang WC, Young CC, Sheu SY. Flavobacterium tilapiae sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater pond, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium defluvii and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:827-834. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Notes:
- According to Bernardet et al. (1996), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.
- According to Garcia-Lopez et al. (2019), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08239 (N = 101).
- The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). 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.
- Flavobacterium johnsoniae corrig. (Stanier 1947) Bernardet et al. 1996, includes strains NCIMB 1382 and NCIMB 1455, previously known as Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Flavobacterium johnsoniae subsp. aurantiacum (Lewin 1969) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Flavobacterium johnsoniae subsp. johnsoniae (Stanier 1947) García-López et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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

Assigned by: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

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Species Flavobacterium johnsoniae

Species ***Flavobacterium* *johnsoniae***