Species Flexibacter aggregans

Name: Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. masc. part. adj. aggregans, adding to, aggregating, forming clumps; from L. v. aggrego, to aggregate, form clumps

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fle-xi-BAK-ter AG-gre-gans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23162; CIP 104803; IFO 15976; JCM 21384; LMG 8376; NBRC 15976

16S rRNA gene: AB078040 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leadbetter ER. Genus II. Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92, Lewin 1969, 192 emend. mut. char. In: Buchanan RE, N.e G (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 105-107.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Hosoya and Yokota (2007), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Hosoya S, Yokota A. Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1086-1088. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leadbetter ER. Genus II. Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92, Lewin 1969, 192 emend. mut. char. In: Buchanan RE, N.e G (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 105-107.

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Record number: 783865