Species ***Flavobacterium* *ummariense***

Name: Flavobacterium ummariense Lata et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: um.ma.ri.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. ummariense, pertaining to Ummari, the HCH-contaminated site from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: um-ma-ri-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: CCM 7847; CGMCC 1.12336; DS-12; MTCC 10766

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ329187 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lata P, Lal D, Lal R. Flavobacterium ummariense sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil, and emended description of Flavobacterium ceti Vela et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2674-2679. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenimyroides ummariense (Lata et al. 2012) Zhang et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Myroides ummariensis" (Lata et al. 2012) García-López et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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.
- 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by García-López et al. (2019). Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083. 🇩🇪

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

Assigned by: Lata P, Lal D, Lal R. Flavobacterium ummariense sp. nov., isolated from hexachlorocyclohexane-contaminated soil, and emended description of Flavobacterium ceti Vela et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2674-2679. 🇮🇳

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Species Flavobacterium ummariense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *ummariense***