Name: Flectobacillus pallidus Sheu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pal’li.dus. L. masc. adj. pallidus, pale, the light pink colour of colonies

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80975; KCTC 33800; LMG 29555; MVW-6

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LT223123 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Liu LP, Chen WM. Flectobacillus pallidus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1126-1132.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flectobacillus Larkin et al. 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Liu LP, Chen WM. Flectobacillus pallidus sp. nov., isolated from a freshwater spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1126-1132.

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Record number: 795268