Name: Flectobacillus fontis Chen et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fon’tis. L. gen. masc. n. fontis, of a pond or fountain, referring to the isolation of the type strain from a freshwater spring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80926; KCTC 33763; LMG 29292; MIB-4

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LN890295 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen WM, Lin KR, Young CC, Sheu SY. Flectobacillus fontis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:336-342.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1099-1101.

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chen WM, Lin KR, Young CC, Sheu SY. Flectobacillus fontis sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:336-342.

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Record number: 795077