Name: Friedmanniella flava Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’va. L. fem. adj. flava, yellow, pertaining to the yellow colour of the colonies

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fried-man-ni-EL-la FLA-wa, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.6856; DSM 27985; JCM 17701; KACC 17380; W6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ839787 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Xin Y, He H. Friedmanniella flava sp. nov., a soil actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1771-1775. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Microlunatus flavus (Zhang et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Microlunatus flavus (Zhang et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Friedmanniella flava 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 Friedmanniella.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Nouioui et al. (2018). Publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Friedmanniella Schumann et al. 1997

Assigned by: Zhang X, Zhang J, Zhang Y, Xin Y, He H. Friedmanniella flava sp. nov., a soil actinomycete. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1771-1775. 🇨🇳

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