Name: Microlunatus flavus (Zhang et al. 2013) Nouioui et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Friedmanniella flava Zhang et al. 2013

Etymology: fla’vus. L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow, pertaining to the yellow color of the colonies

Pronunciation, gender: FLA-wus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 4.6856; DSM 27985; JCM 17701; KACC 17380; W6

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ839787 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Friedmanniella flava Zhang et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Microlunatus Nakamura et al. 1995

Assigned by: Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/microlunatus-flavusCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 798691