Name: Flectobacillus lacus Hwang and Cho 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, of a lake or pond, referring to the isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CL-GP79; JCM 13398; KCCM 42271

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ112352 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Flectobacillus lacus sp. nov., isolated from a highly eutrophic pond in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1197-1201.

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

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 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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

Assigned by: Hwang CY, Cho BC. Flectobacillus lacus sp. nov., isolated from a highly eutrophic pond in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1197-1201.

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Record number: 783864