Species ***Flavobacterium* *urocaniciphilum***

Name: Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum Fujii et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.ro.ca.ni.ci’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. acidum urocanicum, urocanic acid; N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. neut. adj. philon, friend; N.L. neut. adj. urocaniciphilum, urocanic acid loving, because of its ability to assimilate urocanic acid

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 27078; JCM 19142; YIT 12746

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB795015 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fujii D, Nagai F, Watanabe Y, Shirasawa Y. Flavobacterium longum sp. nov. and Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum sp. nov., isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium caeni and Flavobacterium terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1488-1494.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2509-2511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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: Fujii D, Nagai F, Watanabe Y, Shirasawa Y. Flavobacterium longum sp. nov. and Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum sp. nov., isolated from a wastewater treatment plant, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium caeni and Flavobacterium terrigena. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1488-1494.

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Species Flavobacterium urocaniciphilum

Species ***Flavobacterium* *urocaniciphilum***