Name: Myroides ceti (Vela et al. 2007) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flavobacterium ceti Vela et al. 2007

Etymology: ce’ti. L. masc. n. cetus, whale; L. gen. masc. n. ceti, of a whale

Pronunciation, gender: KE-ti, masculine

Type strain: 454-2; CCUG 52696; CCUG 52969; CECT 7184

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760264 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flavobacterium ceti Vela et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Paenimyroides ceti (Vela et al. 2007) Zhang et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 7844