Species ***Flavobacterium* *seoulense***

Name: Flavobacterium seoulense Shin et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: seo.ul.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. seoulense, named after Seoul, Korea, the geographical origin of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: EM1321; JCM 30145; KACC 18114

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ461685 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shin SK, Goo H, Cho YJ, Kwon S, Yong D, Yi H. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of the gliding bacterium Flavobacterium seoulense sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:34.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Ekwe and Kim 2018 Ekwe AP, Kim SB. Flavobacterium commune sp. nov., isolated from freshwater and emended description of Flavobacterium seoulense. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:93-98. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

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 2 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 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: Shin SK, Goo H, Cho YJ, Kwon S, Yong D, Yi H. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of the gliding bacterium Flavobacterium seoulense sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2014; 9:34.

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Species Flavobacterium seoulense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *seoulense***