Name: Flexibacter ovolyticus Hansen et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.vo.ly.ti.cus. L. neut. n. ovum, egg; N.L. adj. lyticus -a -um, able to loose, able to dissolve; from Gr. adj. lytikos -ê -on, able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. ovolyticus, egg dissolving, egg damaging

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51887; CCUG 35199; CIP 106403; DSM 18103; IFO 15947; JCM 21158; LMG 13026; NBRC 15947; NCIMB 13127; strain EKD 002

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16S rRNA gene: AB078058 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hansen GH, Bergh O, Michaelsen J, Knappskog D. Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., a pathogen of eggs and larvae of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus L. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:451-458.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Tenacibaculum ovolyticum (Hansen et al. 1992) Suzuki et al. 2001

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Tenacibaculum ovolyticum (Hansen et al. 1992) Suzuki et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Flexibacter ovolyticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Flexibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "PV". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "t2".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hansen GH, Bergh O, Michaelsen J, Knappskog D. Flexibacter ovolyticus sp. nov., a pathogen of eggs and larvae of Atlantic halibut, Hippoglossus hippoglossus L. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:451-458.

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