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Species Neisseria subflava
Name: Neisseria subflava (Flügge 1886) Trevisan 1889 (Approved Lists 1980)
Basonym: "Micrococcus subflavus" Flügge 1886
Etymology: sub.fla’va. L. prep. sub, under, below, slightly; L. fem. adj. flava, yellow; L. fem. adj. subflava, yellowish
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sub-FLA-wa, feminine
Type strain: ATCC 49275; CCUG 23930; CIP 103343; DSM 17610; LMG 5313; NRL 30,017; U37
See detailed strain information at
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AJ239291
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication: Trevisan V. I Generi e le Specie delle Batteriacee. Zanaboni and Gabuzzi, Milano, 1889.
IJSEM list:
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind "Micrococcus subflavus" Flügge 1886 homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06882 (N = 6).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2. — 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 132 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 risk group of the species itself.
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🧍 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 (Reading) 2022; 168:0.
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Parent taxon: Neisseria Trevisan 1885 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Trevisan V. I Generi e le Specie delle Batteriacee. Zanaboni and Gabuzzi, Milano, 1889.
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Record number: 778639
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