Name: Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flavobacterium odoratum Stutzer 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: o.do.ra.tus. L. masc. part. adj. odoratus, perfumed

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 4651; CCUG 7321; CIP 103105; DSM 2801; IFO 14945; JCM 7458; LMG 1233; NBRC 14945; NCTC 11036

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58777 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vancanneyt M, Segers P, Torck U, Hoste B, Bernardet JF, Vandamme P, Kersters K. Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:926-932.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flavobacterium odoratum Stutzer 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996. Publication: Vancanneyt M, Segers P, Torck U, Hoste B, Bernardet JF, Vandamme P, Kersters K. Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:926-932.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Myroides Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Assigned by: Vancanneyt M, Segers P, Torck U, Hoste B, Bernardet JF, Vandamme P, Kersters K. Reclassification of Flavobacterium odoratum (Stutzer 1929) strains to a new genus, Myroides, as Myroides odoratus comb. nov. and Myroides odoratimimus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:926-932.

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