Name: Flexibacter sancti Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sanc.ti. L. gen. masc. n. sancti, of a saint, named perhaps in honor of Dr. Santos Soriano, from whose laboratory the type strain was supplied (?)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23092; DSM 784; HAMBI 1988; IFO 15057; LMG 8377; NBRC 15057; VKM B-1428

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078066 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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: synonym

Correct name: Chitinophaga sancti (Lewin 1969) Kämpfer et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Chitinophaga sancti (Lewin 1969) Kämpfer et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Flexibacter sancti 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

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Record number: 785447