Species Flavobacterium spartansii

Name: Flavobacterium spartansii Loch and Faisal 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spar.tan’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. spartansii, of Spartans, in honour of the mascot of Michigan State University

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … spar-TAN-si-i, neuter

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2541; LMG 27337; T16

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX287799 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Loch TP, Faisal M. Flavobacterium spartansii sp. nov., a pathogen of fishes, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium aquidurense and Flavobacterium araucananum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:406-412. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1459-1460.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Flavobacterium tructae Zamora et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flavobacterium tructae Zamora et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Kämpfer et al. (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Flavobacterium tructae Zamora et al. 2014. Publication: Kampfer P, Irgang R, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ, Criscuolo A, Clermont D, Avendano-Herrera R. Flavobacterium salmonis sp. nov. isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and formal proposal to reclassify Flavobacterium spartansii as a later heterotypic synonym of Flavobacterium tructae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6147-6154. 🇨🇱
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.
- ❗ Flavobacterium spartansii 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2". — 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 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: Loch TP, Faisal M. Flavobacterium spartansii sp. nov., a pathogen of fishes, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium aquidurense and Flavobacterium araucananum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:406-412. 🇺🇸

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Species Flavobacterium spartansii