Name: "Flexibacter marinus" Hikida et al. 1979

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fle-xi-BAK-ter ma-RI-nus, masculine

Original publication: Hikida, Wakabayashi M, Egusa H, Masumura S, K. Flexibacter sp., a gliding bacterium pathogenic to some marine fishes in Japan. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 1979; 45:421-428.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hikida, Wakabayashi M, Egusa H, Masumura S, K. Flexibacter sp., a gliding bacterium pathogenic to some marine fishes in Japan. Bulletin of the Japanese Society of Scientific Fisheries 1979; 45:421-428.

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Record number: 71347

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