Name: Aquiflexum balticum Brettar et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bal’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. balticum, from the Baltic Sea, referring to the source of the type strain

Gender: neuter

Type strain: BA160; CIP 108445; DSM 16537; LMG 22565

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ744861 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2335-2341.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Bhumika et al. 2013 Bhumika V, Srinivas TN, Ravinder K, Kumar PA. Mariniradius saccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Cyclobacteriaceae isolated from marine aquaculture pond water, and emended descriptions of the genus Aquiflexum and Aquiflexum balticum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2088-2094. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3135-3137.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004. Publication: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2335-2341.
  • 😷 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 8 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: Aquiflexum Brettar et al. 2004

Assigned by: Brettar I, Christen R, Hofle MG. Aquiflexum balticum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides group isolated from surface water of the central Baltic Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2335-2341.

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