Name: Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969

Etymology: ag’gre.gans. L. part. adj. aggregans, adding to, aggregating, forming clumps; from L. v. aggrego, to aggregate, form clumps

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23162; CIP 104803; IFO 15976; JCM 21384; LMG 8376; NBRC 15976

16S rRNA gene: AB078040 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Leadbetter ER. Genus II. Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92, Lewin 1969, 192 emend. mut. char. In: Buchanan RE, N.e G (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 105-107.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Microscilla aggregans" Lewin 1969	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Hosoya and Yokota (2007), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Hosoya S, Yokota A. Reclassification of Flexibacter aggregans (Lewin 1969) Leadbetter 1974 as a later heterotypic synonym of Flexithrix dorotheae Lewin 1970. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1086-1088.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Flexibacter Soriano 1945 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Leadbetter ER. Genus II. Flexibacter Soriano 1945, 92, Lewin 1969, 192 emend. mut. char. In: Buchanan RE, N.e G (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 8th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1974, p. 105-107.

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Record number: 783865