Species Flavobacterium okayamense

Name: Flavobacterium okayamense Kitahara et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.kay.a.men’se. N.L. neut. adj. okayamense, referring to Okayama in Japan, where the type of strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-kay-a-MEN-se, neuter

Type strain: ATCC TSD-280; KK2020170; KK2020-76; NBRC 115344

16S rRNA gene: AP024749 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kitahara K, Muzembo BA, Morohoshi S, Kunihiro T, Tazato N, Ohno A, Uesaka K, Taniguchi M, Miyoshi SI. Flavobacterium okayamense sp. nov. isolated from surface seawater. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:346. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Assigned by: Kitahara K, Muzembo BA, Morohoshi S, Kunihiro T, Tazato N, Ohno A, Uesaka K, Taniguchi M, Miyoshi SI. Flavobacterium okayamense sp. nov. isolated from surface seawater. Arch Microbiol 2023; 205:346. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 69505
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