Species ***Flavobacterium* *tegetincola***

Name: Flavobacterium tegetincola McCammon and Bowman 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.get’in.col.a. L. fem. n. teges, a mat or rug; L. masc./fem. n. incola, an inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. tegetincola, the mat-inhabitant, pertaining to its cyanobacterial mat habitat (nominative in apposition)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: A103; ACAM 602; DSM 22377

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U85887 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: McCammon SA, Bowman JP. Taxonomy of Antarctic Flavobacterium species: description of Flavobacterium gillisiae sp. nov., Flavobacterium tegetincola sp. nov., and Flavobacterium xanthum sp. nov., nom. rev. and reclassification of [Flavobacterium] salegens as Salegentibacter salegens gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1055-1063.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05936 (N = 115).
- 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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.
- 🧍 The specific epithet tegetincola is a nominative in apposition (the mat-dweller), not a substantive in the genitive case as cited in the paper by McCammon and Bowman 2000. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

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

Assigned by: McCammon SA, Bowman JP. Taxonomy of Antarctic Flavobacterium species: description of Flavobacterium gillisiae sp. nov., Flavobacterium tegetincola sp. nov., and Flavobacterium xanthum sp. nov., nom. rev. and reclassification of [Flavobacterium] salegens as Salegentibacter salegens gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1055-1063.

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Species Flavobacterium tegetincola

Species ***Flavobacterium* *tegetincola***