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Species Flavobacterium reichenbachii

Name: Flavobacterium reichenbachii Ali et al. 2009

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: rei.chen.ba’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. reichenbachii, of Reichenbach, named after Hans Reichenbach, a famous German microbiologist, who pioneered the study of gliding bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um re͡i-khen-BA-khi-i, neuter

Type strain: CIP 109866; DSM 21791; WB 3.2-61

16S rRNA gene: AM177616 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Ali Z, Cousin S, Fruhling A, Brambilla E, Schumann P, Yang Y, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium rivuli sp. nov., Flavobacterium subsaxonicum sp. nov., Flavobacterium swingsii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium reichenbachii sp. nov., isolated from a hard water rivulet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2610-2617. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

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 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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. 🇩🇪
    • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hahnke et al. (2016). Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Ali Z, Cousin S, Fruhling A, Brambilla E, Schumann P, Yang Y, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium rivuli sp. nov., Flavobacterium subsaxonicum sp. nov., Flavobacterium swingsii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium reichenbachii sp. nov., isolated from a hard water rivulet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2610-2617. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 788018