Species Flavobacterium odoratum

Name: Flavobacterium odoratum Stutzer 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.do.ra’tum. L. neut. part. adj. odoratum, perfumed

Pronunciation, gender: o-do-RA-tum, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 4651; CCUG 7321; CIP 103105; DSM 2801; IFO 14945; JCM 7458; LMG 1233; NBRC 14945; NCTC 11036

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58777 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Stutzer M, Kwaschnina A. Aussaaten aus den Fäzes des Menschen gelbe Kolonien bildende Bakterien (Gattung Flavobacterium u.a.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1929; 113:219-225.

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: Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium odoratum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flavobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 40 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.

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

Assigned by: Stutzer M, Kwaschnina A. Aussaaten aus den Fäzes des Menschen gelbe Kolonien bildende Bakterien (Gattung Flavobacterium u.a.). Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung I 1929; 113:219-225.

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Record number: 776258

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Species Flavobacterium odoratum