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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Flavobacterium ovatum

Name: Flavobacterium ovatum Ren et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.va’tum. L. neut. part. adj. ovatum, egg-shaped, ovate, referring to the shape of this bacterium as oval-shaped

Pronunciation, gender: o-WA-tum, neuter

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16053; KCTC 52693; MCCC 1K03251; W201E

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY352658 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ren Q, Yu M, Li Y, Zhang Y, Shi X, Wu Y, Su Y, Wang Y, Wang X, Zhang XH. Flavobacterium ovatum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from an Antarctic intertidal sandy beach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:795-800. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

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: Ren Q, Yu M, Li Y, Zhang Y, Shi X, Wu Y, Su Y, Wang Y, Wang X, Zhang XH. Flavobacterium ovatum sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from an Antarctic intertidal sandy beach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:795-800. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 797554
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