Species ***Flavobacterium* *oceanosedimentum***

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ce.a.no.se.di.men’tum. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, the ocean; L. neut. n. sedimentum, a settling, subsidence; N.L. neut. n. oceanosedimentum, intended to mean from marine sediments

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-ke-a-no-se-di-MEN-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 31317

16S rRNA gene: EF592577 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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 under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

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

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time 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.
- 🧍 Yarza et al. (2013) expected for accession GU269547, originating from the alleged type-strain deposit ATCC 31317, an affiliation with Flavobacteriaceae (Bacteroidetes) but observed an affiliation with Microbacteriaceae (Actinonacteria) and 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. 🇩🇪
- 🧍 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***