Name: Luteibacter flocculans Friedrich et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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, gender: FLOK-ku-lans, masculine

Type strain: DSM 112537; EIF3; LMG 32416

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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)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: 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