Species ***Flavobacterium* *thermophilum***

Name: Flavobacterium thermophilum Loginova and Egorova 1982

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lum Gr. fem. n. [θέρμη] thermê, heat; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. [φίλον] philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. thermophilum, heat-loving

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BKM 1325; CCM 3496; CCUG 22402; DSM 19814; NCTC 11526; VKM 1325

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16S rRNA gene: HF558369 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Loginova GBU, Egorova LA. A new species of obligate thermophilic bacteria, Flavobacterium thermophilum. Mikrobiologia 1978; 47:1081-1084.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 8. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1982; 32:266-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain shows an unexpected affiliation with the order Bacillales (99.7% similarity against Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis). Publication: Yarza P, Sproer C, Swiderski J, Mrotzek N, Spring S, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Lang E, et al. Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:69-73.

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

Assigned by: Loginova GBU, Egorova LA. A new species of obligate thermophilic bacteria, Flavobacterium thermophilum. Mikrobiologia 1978; 47:1081-1084.

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Species Flavobacterium thermophilum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *thermophilum***