Name: Flexivirga endophytica Gao et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.do.phy’ti.ca. Gr. pref. endo-, within; Gr. neut. n. phyton, plant; L. fem. adj. suff. -ica, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. fem. adj. endophytica, within plant, endophytic, pertaining to the isolation from plant tissues

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15085; KCTC 39536; YIM 7505

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX151661 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gao R, Liu BB, Yang W, Song PF, Chen W, Salam N, Duan YQ, Li QQ, Li WJ. Flexivirga endophytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from a leaf of Sweet Basil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3388-3392.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4921-4923.

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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Flexivirga Anzai et al. 2012

Assigned by: Gao R, Liu BB, Yang W, Song PF, Chen W, Salam N, Duan YQ, Li QQ, Li WJ. Flexivirga endophytica sp. nov., an endophytic actinobacterium isolated from a leaf of Sweet Basil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3388-3392.

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Record number: 794473