Species Luteibacter flocculans

Name: Luteibacter flocculans Friedrich et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: floc’cu.lans. N.L. masc. part. adj. flocculans, flocculating, pertaining to the organism’s ability to flocculate in liquid cultures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: lu-te-i-BAK-ter FLOK-ku-lans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 112537; EIF3; LMG 32416

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MW079397 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Friedrich I, Kuritsyn A, Hertel R, Daniel R. Luteibacter flocculans sp. nov., Isolated from a Eutrophic Pond and Isolation and Characterization of Luteibacter Phage vB_LflM-Pluto. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 211. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5845.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙆 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: Luteibacter Johansen et al. 2005

Assigned by: Friedrich I, Kuritsyn A, Hertel R, Daniel R. Luteibacter flocculans sp. nov., Isolated from a Eutrophic Pond and Isolation and Characterization of Luteibacter Phage vB_LflM-Pluto. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 35482