Name: Leptobacterium flavescens Mitra et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fla.ves’cens. L. part. adj. flavescens, becoming golden-yellow

Gender: neuter

Type strain: KCTC 22160; MBIC 6275; NBRC 104141; YM 3-0301

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB682149 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mitra S, Matsuo Y, Haga T, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Yoon J, Kasai H, Yokota A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:207-212.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:926-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Leptobacterium Mitra et al. 2009. Publication: Mitra S, Matsuo Y, Haga T, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Yoon J, Kasai H, Yokota A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:207-212.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Leptobacterium Mitra et al. 2009

Assigned by: Mitra S, Matsuo Y, Haga T, Yasumoto-Hirose M, Yoon J, Kasai H, Yokota A. Leptobacterium flavescens gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine member of the family Flavobacteriaceae, isolated from marine sponge and seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:207-212.

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Record number: 787717