Species ***Flavobacterium* *phragmitis***

Name: Flavobacterium phragmitis Liu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. phragmitis, a kind of reed growing in hedges and also a scientific generic name (Phragmites)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BLN_2; CGMCC 1.10370; DSM 23314

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU564236 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu M, Li YH, Liu Y, Zhu JN, Liu QF, Liu Y, Gu JG, Zhang XX, Li CL. Flavobacterium phragmitis sp. nov., an endophyte of reed (Phragmites australis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2717-2721.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:261-262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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

Assigned by: Liu M, Li YH, Liu Y, Zhu JN, Liu QF, Liu Y, Gu JG, Zhang XX, Li CL. Flavobacterium phragmitis sp. nov., an endophyte of reed (Phragmites australis). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2717-2721.

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Species Flavobacterium phragmitis

Species ***Flavobacterium* *phragmitis***