Species Flavobacterium multivorum

Name: Flavobacterium multivorum Holmes et al. 1981

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. v. vorare, to swallow; N.L. neut. adj. multivorum, intended to mean "produces acid from many carbohydrates"

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33613; B 5533; CCUG 11736; CDC B5533; CIP 100541; DSM 11691; GIFU 2812; IFO 14947; JCM 21156; LMG 8342; NBRC 14947; NCTC 11343; NRRL B-14861

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16S rRNA gene: EU075197 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Weaver RE. Flavobacterium multivorum, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens and previously known as group IIk, biotype 2. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:21-34.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingobacterium multivorum (Holmes et al. 1981) Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sphingobacterium multivorum (Holmes et al. 1981) Yabuuchi et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published

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

Assigned by: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Weaver RE. Flavobacterium multivorum, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens and previously known as group IIk, biotype 2. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1981; 31:21-34.

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