Species ***Flavobacterium* *resistens***

Name: Flavobacterium resistens Ryu et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: re.sis’tens. L. neut. part. adj. resistens, resisting, based on the type strain being resistant to all antibiotics tested

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … re-SIS-tens, neuter

Type strain: BD-b365; DSM 19382; KCTC 22078

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF575563 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ryu SH, Park JH, Moon JC, Sung Y, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium resistens sp. nov., isolated from stream sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2266-2270. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Kim et al. 2012 Kim JJ, Kanaya E, Weon HY, Koga Y, Takano K, Dunfield PF, Kwon SW, Kanaya S. Flavobacterium compostarboris sp. nov., isolated from leaf-and-branch compost, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium hercynium, Flavobacterium resistens and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2018-2024. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 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. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Ryu SH, Park JH, Moon JC, Sung Y, Lee SS, Jeon CO. Flavobacterium resistens sp. nov., isolated from stream sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2266-2270. 🇰🇷

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Species Flavobacterium resistens

Species ***Flavobacterium* *resistens***