Species ***Flavobacterium* *hercynium***

Name: Flavobacterium hercynium Cousin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: her.cy’ni.um. N.L. neut. adj. hercynium, pertaining to Hercynia, the Roman name for a mountain range, including the Harz Mountains, that forms the southern border of the North German plain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: fla-wo-bak-TE-ri-um her-KY-ni-um, neuter

Type strain: CIP 109241; DSM 18292; WB 4.2-33

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX657042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cousin S, Pauker O, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium aquidurense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium hercynium sp. nov., from a hard-water creek. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:243-249. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Kim et al. 2012 Kim JJ, Kanaya E, Weon HY, Koga Y, Takano K, Dunfield PF, Kwon SW, Kanaya S. Flavobacterium compostarboris sp. nov., isolated from leaf-and-branch compost, and emended descriptions of Flavobacterium hercynium, Flavobacterium resistens and Flavobacterium johnsoniae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2018-2024. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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 genus.
- 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cousin S, Pauker O, Stackebrandt E. Flavobacterium aquidurense sp. nov. and Flavobacterium hercynium sp. nov., from a hard-water creek. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:243-249. 🇩🇪

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Species Flavobacterium hercynium

Species ***Flavobacterium* *hercynium***