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Species Flavobacterium omnivorum

Name: Flavobacterium omnivorum Zhu et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. n. omne -is, everything; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. neut. adj. omnivorum, eating everything, referring to the ability of the strain to degrade a wide range of macromolecules

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 19742; JCM 11313; ZF-8

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Zhu F, Wang S, Zhou P. Flavobacterium xinjiangense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium omnivorum sp. nov., novel psychrophiles from the China No. 1 glacier. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:853-857.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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

Assigned by: Zhu F, Wang S, Zhou P. Flavobacterium xinjiangense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium omnivorum sp. nov., novel psychrophiles from the China No. 1 glacier. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:853-857.

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