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Species Kocuria subflava
Name: Kocuria subflava Jiang et al. 2016
Etymology: sub.fla’va. L. prep. sub, less than; L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; L. fem. adj. subflava, yellowish
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sub-FLA-wa, feminine
Type strain: CGMCC 4.7252; KCTC 39547; YIM 13062
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KR610332
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Jiang Z, Zhang WH, Yuan CG, Chen JY, Cao LX, Park DJ, Xiao M, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Kocuria subflava sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment from the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1349-1355. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 170. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2463-2466.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00016 (N = 20).
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
Parent taxon: Kocuria Stackebrandt et al. 1995
Assigned by:
Jiang Z, Zhang WH, Yuan CG, Chen JY, Cao LX, Park DJ, Xiao M, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Kocuria subflava sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment from the Indian Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1349-1355. 🇨🇳
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Record number: 794278
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