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Species Flavobacterium okeanokoites

Name: Flavobacterium okeanokoites ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ke.a.no.ko.i’tes. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, the ocean; Gr. fem. n. koitê, bed; N.L. gen. fem. n. okeanokoites, of the ocean bed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um o-ke-a-no-ko-I-tes, neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33414; CCM 320; CIP 105082; DSM 15489; IF0 12536; IFO 12536; LMG 4030; NBRC 12536; NCIMB 561; NCMB 561; VKM B-1175

16S rRNA gene: AB680292 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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: Planococcus okeanokoites (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Flavobacterium okeanokoites 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 15 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙅 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 genus.

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

Assigned by: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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Record number: 776259