Name: Hyphococcus flavus Sun et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: HSF6; KCTC 52486; MCCC 1K03223

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX418769 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun C, Wu C, Su Y, Wang RJ, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Yu XY, Huang MM, Han BN, Lv ZB, et al. Hyphococcus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4024-4031.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hyphococcus Sun et al. 2017. Publication: Sun C, Wu C, Su Y, Wang RJ, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Yu XY, Huang MM, Han BN, Lv ZB, et al. Hyphococcus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4024-4031.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Hyphococcus Sun et al. 2017

Assigned by: Sun C, Wu C, Su Y, Wang RJ, Fu GY, Zhao Z, Yu XY, Huang MM, Han BN, Lv ZB, et al. Hyphococcus flavus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alphaproteobacterium isolated from deep seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4024-4031.

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