Species ***Flavobacterium* *oceanosedimentum***

Name: Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum Carty and Litchfield 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ce.a.no.sed.i.men’tum Gr. n. okeanos, the ocean; L. n. sedimentum, a settling, subsidence; N.L. neut. adj. oceanosedimentum, intended to mean from marine sediments

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 31317

16S rRNA gene: GU269547 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Carty CE, Litchfield CD. Characterization of a new marine sedimentary bacterium as Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:561-566.

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Curtobacterium oceanosedimentum" (Carty and Litchfield 1978) Kim et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with the family Microbacteriaceae (99.8% similarity against Curtobacterium citreum). Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

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

Assigned by: Carty CE, Litchfield CD. Characterization of a new marine sedimentary bacterium as Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum sp. nov. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1978; 28:561-566.

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Species Flavobacterium oceanosedimentum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *oceanosedimentum***