Name: Marinoscillum furvescens (ex Lewin 1969) Seo et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: fur.ve.scens. L. masc. adj. furvus, pitch black, dark; L. part. adj. furvescens, growing dark, dusky

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23129; DSM 4134; IFO 15994; LMG 13023; NBRC 15994

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078079 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seo HS, Kwon KK, Yang SH, Lee HS, Bae SS, Lee JH, Kim SJ. Marinoscillum gen. nov., a member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', with Marinoscillum pacificum sp. nov. from a marine sponge and Marinoscillum furvescens nom. rev., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1204-1208.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Marinoscillum furvescens (ex Lewin 1969)Seo et al. 2009 was previously known as "Microscilla furvescens" Lewin 1969. Publication: Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206.

Parent taxon: Marinoscillum Seo et al. 2009

Assigned by: Seo HS, Kwon KK, Yang SH, Lee HS, Bae SS, Lee JH, Kim SJ. Marinoscillum gen. nov., a member of the family 'Flexibacteraceae', with Marinoscillum pacificum sp. nov. from a marine sponge and Marinoscillum furvescens nom. rev., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1204-1208.

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