Species Flavobacterium marinotypicum

Name: Flavobacterium marinotypicum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri.no.ty’pi.cum. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; L. neut. adj. typicum, typical; N.L. neut. adj. marinotypicum, probably intended to mean typical of the sea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um ma-ri-no-TY-pi-kum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 19260; CIP 105733; DSM 12512; IFO 15779; JCM 11570; LMG 8374; NBRC 15779; NCIMB 1050; NCIMB 559; NCMB 1050; VKM Ac-2079

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ853910 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Microbacterium maritypicum corrig. (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Microbacterium marinotypicum (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Microbacterium maritypicum corrig. (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Aureobacterium liquefaciens (ex Orla-Jensen 1919) Collins et al. 1983 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Four new Microbacterium species isolated from seaweeds and reclassification of five Microbacterium species with a proposal of Paramicrobacterium gen. nov. under a genome-based framework of the genus Microbacterium. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1299950. 🇰🇷
- ⏲ According to Lee et al. (2023), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Microbacterium liquefaciens (Collins et al. 1983 ex Orla-Jensen 1919) Takeuchi and Hatano 1998 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Lee SD, Yang HL, Kim IS. Four new Microbacterium species isolated from seaweeds and reclassification of five Microbacterium species with a proposal of Paramicrobacterium gen. nov. under a genome-based framework of the genus Microbacterium. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1299950. 🇰🇷
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
- ❗ Flavobacterium marinotypicum 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 = 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 = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.

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

Assigned by: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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Species Flavobacterium marinotypicum