Species ***Flavobacterium* *psychrophilum***

Name: Flavobacterium psychrophilum (Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Bernardet et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flexibacter psychrophilus (ex Borg 1960) Bernardet and Grimont 1989

Etymology: psy.chro.phi’lum Gr. masc. adj. [ψυχρός] psychros, cold; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. [φίλον] philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. psychrophilum, cold-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 3660; NBRC 15942; NCIMB 1947; NCMB 1947

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D12670 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:627.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flexibacter psychrophilus (ex Borg 1960) Bernardet and Grimont 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Cytophaga psychrophila (Bernardet and Grimont 1989) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".

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

Assigned by: Bernardet JF, Segers P, Vancanneyt M, Berthe F, Kersters K, Vandamme P. Cutting a Gordian knot: emended classification and description of the genus Flavobacterium, emended description of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and proposal of Flavobacterium hydatis nom. nov. (basonym, Cytophaga aquatilis Strohl and Tait 1978). Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:128-148.

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Species Flavobacterium psychrophilum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *psychrophilum***