Species ***Flavobacterium* *weaverense***

Name: Flavobacterium weaverense Yi and Chun 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: wea.ve.ren’se. N.L. neut. adj. weaverense, pertaining to the Weaver Peninsula in the Antarctic, the geographical origin of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … wea-we-REN-se, neuter

Type strain: AT1042; DSM 19727; IMSNU 14048; JCM 12384; KCTC 12223

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY581114 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yi H, Chun J. Flavobacterium weaverense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium segetis sp. nov., novel psychrophiles isolated from the Antarctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1239-1244. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2029-2030.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- García-López et al. 2019 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. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

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 2 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.

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

Assigned by: Yi H, Chun J. Flavobacterium weaverense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium segetis sp. nov., novel psychrophiles isolated from the Antarctic. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1239-1244. 🇰🇷

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Species Flavobacterium weaverense

Species ***Flavobacterium* *weaverense***