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. masc./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 = 11).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 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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