Name: Flavobacterium johnsoniae subsp. aurantiacum (Lewin 1969) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: au.ran.ti.a’cum. N.L. neut. adj. aurantiacum, orange-colored

Gender: neuter

Type strain: ATCC 23107; DSM 6792; IFO 15970; LMG 3987; NBRC 15970; VKM B-1426

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M62792 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Flexibacter aurantiacus Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium johnsoniae corrig. (Stanier 1947) Bernardet 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: 7890