Name: Solitalea canadensis (Christensen 1980) Weon et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flexibacter canadensis Christensen 1980

Etymology: ca.na.den’sis. N.L. fem. adj. canadensis, of or belonging to Canada, from where the organism was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 29591; CIP 104802; DSM 3403; IFO 15130; JCM 21819; KACC 13276; LMG 8368; NBRC 15130; UASM 9D

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB078046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Kim BY, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1969-1975.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2649-2650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flexibacter canadensis Christensen 1980	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.13652 (N = 13).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Solitalea Weon et al. 2009

Assigned by: Weon HY, Kim BY, Lee CM, Hong SB, Jeon YA, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Solitalea koreensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and the reclassification of [Flexibacter] canadensis as Solitalea canadensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1969-1975.

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