Species ***Flavobacterium* *kingsejongi***

Name: Flavobacterium kingsejongi Choi et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: king.se.jon’gi. N.L. gen. neut. n. kingsejongi, of or belonging to Kingsejong, the Korean name for the Korean Antarctic research station, from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kin͡g-se-JON-gi, neuter

Type strain: CECT 9085; KCTC 42908; WV39

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT239020 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Choi JY, Kim JH, Lee PC. Flavobacterium kingsejongi sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing species isolated from Antarctic penguin faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:911-916. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Choi JY, Kim JH, Lee PC. Flavobacterium kingsejongi sp. nov., a carotenoid-producing species isolated from Antarctic penguin faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:911-916. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 797571

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Species Flavobacterium kingsejongi

Species ***Flavobacterium* *kingsejongi***