Name: Marinifilum flexuosum Ruvira et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fle.xu.o’sum L. neut. adj. flexuosum, flexuous, crooked

Gender: neuter

Type strains: CECT 7448; DSM 21950; M30

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE613737 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ruvira MA, Lucena T, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR, Macian MC. Marinifilum flexuosum sp. nov., a new Bacteroidetes isolated from coastal Mediterranean Sea water and emended description of the genus Marinifilum Na et al., 2009. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:155-159.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.
    Notes:
    • As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Marinifilum Na et al. 2009

Assigned by: Ruvira MA, Lucena T, Pujalte MJ, Arahal DR, Macian MC. Marinifilum flexuosum sp. nov., a new Bacteroidetes isolated from coastal Mediterranean Sea water and emended description of the genus Marinifilum Na et al., 2009. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:155-159.

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