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Name: Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: me.nin.go.sep’ti.cum. Gr. fem. n. mêninx (gen. mêningos), meninges, membrane covering the brain; Gr. masc. adj. sêptikos, putrefactive; N.L. neut. adj. meningosepticum, apparently referring to association of the bacterium with both meningitis and septicaemia, but not septic meningitis as the name implies
Type strain: ATCC 13253; CCUG 214; CIP 60.57; DSM 2800; IFO 12535; JCM 21065; LMG 12279; NBRC 12535; NCTC 10016
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ704540
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
King EO. Studies on a group of previously unclassified bacteria associated with meningitis in infants. Am J Clin Pathol 1959; 31:241-247.
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: Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005
Name | Kind |
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Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005 | homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
King EO. Studies on a group of previously unclassified bacteria associated with meningitis in infants. Am J Clin Pathol 1959; 31:241-247.
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Record number: 776254