Name: Mariniflexile ostreae Park et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: os’tre.ae. L. gen. fem. n. ostreae, of/ from an oyster

Pronunciation, gender: OS-tre-a͡e, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8622; KCTC 42113; TYO-10

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ816859 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Kang CH, Park JM, Yoon JH. Mariniflexile ostreae sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from an oyster. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:555-563.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 166. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3763-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.03576 (N = 97).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from the type species and may be reclassified as a new genus". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Mariniflexile Nedashkovskaya et al. 2006

Assigned by: Park S, Kang CH, Park JM, Yoon JH. Mariniflexile ostreae sp. nov., a member of the family Flavobacteriaceae isolated from an oyster. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:555-563.

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Record number: 793399