Species Flavobacterium mekongense

Name: Flavobacterium mekongense Phithakrotchanakoon et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.kong.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. mekongense, according to the Mekong River, where the type strain of the species was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: me-kon͡g-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: NBRC 117006; TBRC 19031

16S rRNA gene: PQ578042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Phithakrotchanakoon C, Kitikhun S, Siriarchawatana P, Charoenyingcharoen P, Jeennor S, Nilsakha T, Chanpet A, Vorajinda T, Mayteeworakoon S, Yukphan P, et al. Flavobacterium mekongense sp. nov., isolated from the Mekong River in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6815. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6862.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Phithakrotchanakoon C, Kitikhun S, Siriarchawatana P, Charoenyingcharoen P, Jeennor S, Nilsakha T, Chanpet A, Vorajinda T, Mayteeworakoon S, Yukphan P, et al. Flavobacterium mekongense sp. nov., isolated from the Mekong River in Thailand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6815. 🇹🇭

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Record number: 66137
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