Species Flavobacterium resinovorum

Name: Flavobacterium resinovorum Delaporte and Daste 1956 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.si.no.vo’rum. L. fem. n. resina, resin or gum of trees; L. inf. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. neut. adj. resinovorum, resin-devouring

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33545; CCUG 33446; CCUG 33446 A; CCUG 33446 B; CIP 109724; DSM 7478; LMG 8367; NCIB 8767; NCIMB 8767; VKM B-1172

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF029110 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Delaporte B, Daste P. Une bactérie du sol capable de décomposer la fraction fixe de certaines oléorésines Flavobacterium resinovorum n. sp. Compte Rendu de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 1956; 242:831-834.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Novosphingobium resinovorum (Delaporte and Daste 1956) Lim et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Novosphingobium resinovorum (Delaporte and Daste 1956) Lim et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sphingomonas subarctica Nohynek et al. 1996	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Novosphingobium subarcticum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudonovosphingobium resinovorum (Delaporte and Daste 1956) Wang et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Lim et al. (2007), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Novosphingobium subarcticum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001. Publication: Lim YW, Moon EY, Chun J. Reclassification of Flavobacterium resinovorum Delaporte and Daste 1956 as Novosphingobium resinovorum comb. nov., with Novosphingobium subarcticum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001 as a later heterotypic synonym. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1906-1908.
- ⏰ According to Lim et al. (2007), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Sphingomonas subarctica Nohynek et al. 1996. Publication: Lim YW, Moon EY, Chun J. Reclassification of Flavobacterium resinovorum Delaporte and Daste 1956 as Novosphingobium resinovorum comb. nov., with Novosphingobium subarcticum (Nohynek et al. 1996) Takeuchi et al. 2001 as a later heterotypic synonym. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1906-1908.
- ❗ Flavobacterium resinovorum is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flavobacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

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

Assigned by: Delaporte B, Daste P. Une bactérie du sol capable de décomposer la fraction fixe de certaines oléorésines Flavobacterium resinovorum n. sp. Compte Rendu de l'Académie des Sciences, Paris 1956; 242:831-834.

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Species Flavobacterium resinovorum