Species Flavobacterium uliginosum

Name: Flavobacterium uliginosum ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.li.gi.no’sum. L. neut. adj. uliginosum, moist, marshy

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ACAM 538; ATCC 14397; CCUG 33448; CECT 4277; CIP 104808; DSM 2061; IFO 14962; JCM 21152; LMG 3809; NBRC 14962; NCIMB 1863; NCMB 1863; ZoBell 553

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M62799 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Zobellia uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Barbeyron et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Zobellia uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Barbeyron et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Cytophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Cellulophaga uliginosa (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Bowman 2000	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Flavobacterium uliginosum 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 = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 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: Zobell CE, Upham HC. A list of marine bacteria including descriptions of sixty new species. Bulletin Scripps Institution of Oceanography University of California (Technical Series) 1944; 5:239-292.

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Record number: 776277

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Species Flavobacterium uliginosum