Species ***Flavobacterium* *subsaxonicum***

Name: Flavobacterium subsaxonicum Ali et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.sa.xo’ni.cum. L. prep. sub, low, below, under; M.L. masc. adj. saxonicus, pertaining to Saxony; N.L. neut. adj. subsaxonicum, pertaining to Lower Saxony

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um sub-sa-XO-ni-kum, neuter

Type strain: CIP 109867; DSM 21790; WB 4.1-42

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM934666 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ali Z, Cousin S, Fruhling A, Brambilla E, Schumann P, Yang Y, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium rivuli sp. nov., Flavobacterium subsaxonicum sp. nov., Flavobacterium swingsii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium reichenbachii sp. nov., isolated from a hard water rivulet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2610-2617. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Dong et al. 2013 Dong K, Xu B, Zhu F, Wang G. Flavobacterium hauense sp. nov., isolated from soil and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium subsaxonicum, Flavobacterium beibuense and Flavobacterium rivuli. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3237-3242. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
  Notes:
  - 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.
- Hahnke et al. 2016 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03433 (N = 124).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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.

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

Assigned by: Ali Z, Cousin S, Fruhling A, Brambilla E, Schumann P, Yang Y, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium rivuli sp. nov., Flavobacterium subsaxonicum sp. nov., Flavobacterium swingsii sp. nov. and Flavobacterium reichenbachii sp. nov., isolated from a hard water rivulet. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2610-2617. 🇩🇪

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Species Flavobacterium subsaxonicum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *subsaxonicum***