Species ***Flavobacterium* *myungsuense***

Name: Flavobacterium myungsuense Joung et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: my.ung.su.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. myungsuense, of or belonging to Myungsu, the artificial lake from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … my-un͡g-su-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CECT 7649; HMD1033; KCTC 22825

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760276 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Joung Y, Kim H, Ahn TS, Joh K. Flavobacterium yonginense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium myungsuense sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:806-810. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1446-1447.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Chen et al. 2014 Chen WM, Chen JC, Sheu SY. Flavobacterium oryzae sp. nov., isolated from a flooded rice field, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium flevense, Flavobacterium yonginense and Flavobacterium myungsuense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3701-3708. 🇹🇼 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 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: Joung Y, Kim H, Ahn TS, Joh K. Flavobacterium yonginense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium myungsuense sp. nov., isolated from a mesotrophic artificial lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:806-810. 🇰🇷

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Species Flavobacterium myungsuense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *myungsuense***