Species Flavobacterium spiritivorum

Name: Flavobacterium spiritivorum Holmes et al. 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spi.ri.ti.vo.rum. L. masc. n. spiritus, spirit; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -vorus, devouring, eating; N.L. neut. adj. spiritivorum, spirit-devouring, intended to refer to the ability of the organism to attack spirits, i.e., alcohol, producing acid in the process

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 33861; CCUG 13224; CDC E7288; CIP 100542; DSM 11722; E7288; GIFU 3101; IFO 14948; JCM 1277; JCM 6897; LMG 8347; NBRC 14948; NCTC 11386

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16S rRNA gene: M58778 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Hollis DG. Flavobacterium spiritivorum, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:157-165.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (Holmes et al. 1982) Yabuuchi et al. 1983

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Flavobacterium yabuuchiae Holmes et al. 1988	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Sphingobacterium spiritivorum (Holmes et al. 1982) Yabuuchi et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Takeuchi and Yokota (1992), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae Holmes et al. 1988. Publication: Takeuchi M, Yokota A. Proposals of Sphingobacterium faecium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium piscium sp. nov., Sphingobacterium heparinum comb. nov., Sphingobacterium thalpophilum comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingobacterium and synonymy of Flavobacterium yabuuchiae and Sphingobacterium spiritivorum. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 1992; 38:465-482.
- ❗ Flavobacterium spiritivorum 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 = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Holmes B, Owen RJ, Hollis DG. Flavobacterium spiritivorum, a new species isolated from human clinical specimens. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1982; 32:157-165.

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Species Flavobacterium spiritivorum