Name: Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava (Reichenbach 1989 ex Colwell et al. 1966) Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Cytophaga marinoflava (ex Colwell et al. 1966) Reichenbach 1989

Etymology: ma.ri.no.fla.va. L. masc. adj. marinus, marine; L. masc. adj. flavus, golden yellow; N.L. fem. adj. marinoflava, marine and yellow-pigmented

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19326; DSM 3653; IFO 14170; JCM 8517; LMG 1345; NBRC 14170; NCIMB 397; NCMB 397

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58770 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Engelbeen K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Mergaert J, Tan TL, Frolova GM, et al. Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1033-1038.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Cytophaga marinoflava (ex Colwell et al. 1966) Reichenbach 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Nedashkovskaya et al. 2014 Nedashkovskaya OI, Kukhlevskiy AD, Zhukova NV, Kim SB. Flavimarina pacifica gen. nov., sp. nov., a new marine bacterium of the family Flavobacteriaceae, and emended descriptions of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella, Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea and Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:421-429. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 21. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:7-10.
  • Tahon et al. 2020 Tahon G, Lebbe L, De Troch M, Sabbe K, Willems A. Leeuwenhoekiella aestuarii sp. nov., isolated from salt-water sediment and first insights in the genomes of Leeuwenhoekiella species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1706-1719. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leeuwenhoekiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005. Publication: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Engelbeen K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Mergaert J, Tan TL, Frolova GM, et al. Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1033-1038.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003.

Parent taxon: Leeuwenhoekiella Nedashkovskaya et al. 2005

Assigned by: Nedashkovskaya OI, Vancanneyt M, Dawyndt P, Engelbeen K, Vandemeulebroecke K, Cleenwerck I, Hoste B, Mergaert J, Tan TL, Frolova GM, et al. Reclassification of [Cytophaga] marinoflava Reichenbach 1989 as Leeuwenhoekiella marinoflava gen. nov., comb. nov. and description of Leeuwenhoekiella aequorea sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1033-1038.

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