Flammeovirga

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Flammeovirga

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Number of species cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Flammeovirgaceae Yoon et al. 2011).
Type species: ¤ Flammeovirga aprica (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997.
Etymology: L. adj. flammeus, flame-colored; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. flammeovirga, fire-colored rod.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (Y.), HAMANA (K.), SAKANE (T.) and YAMASATO (K.): Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 220-223.
Original article in IJSB Online

---> ¤ Flammeovirga Nakagawa et al. 1997 emend. Takahashi et al. 2006.
Type species: Flammeovirga aprica (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997.
Etymology: L. adj. flammeus, flame-colored; L. fem. n. virga, rod; N.L. fem. n. flammeovirga, fire-colored rod.
Reference: TAKAHASHI (M.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Emendation of the genus Flammeovirga and Flammeovirga aprica with the proposal of Flammeovirga arenaria nom. rev., comb. nov. and Flammeovirga yaeyamensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2095-2100.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Flammeovirga aprica (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JL-4 Lewin = ATCC 23126 = CIP 104807 = IFO (now NBRC) 15941 = JCM 21138 = NRRL B-14729.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB247553.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga aprica (ex Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Cytophaga diffluens subsp. aprica" Lewin 1969.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aprica, exposed to the sun, growing in the sunshine.
Reference: NAKAGAWA (Y.), HAMANA (K.), SAKANE (T.) and YAMASATO (K.): Reclassification of Cytophaga aprica (Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Flammeovirga gen. nov. as Flammeovirga aprica comb. nov. and of Cytophaga diffluens (ex Stanier 1940; emend. Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989 in Persicobacter gen. nov. as Persicobacter diffluens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1997, 47, 220-223.
Original article in IJSB Online

---> Flammeovirga aprica (Reichenbach 1989) Nakagawa et al. 1997 emend. Takahashi et al. 2006.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): JL-4 Lewin = ATCC 23126 = CIP 104807 = NBRC 15941 = NRRL B-14729.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB247553.
Basonym: ¤ Cytophaga aprica (ex Lewin 1969) Reichenbach 1989.
Other synonym: "Cytophaga diffluens subsp. aprica" Lewin 1969.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. aprica, exposed to the sun, growing in the sunshine.
Reference: TAKAHASHI (M.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Emendation of the genus Flammeovirga and Flammeovirga aprica with the proposal of Flammeovirga arenaria nom. rev., comb. nov. and Flammeovirga yaeyamensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2095-2100.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Flammeovirga arenaria (ex Lewin 1969) Takahashi et al. 2006, nom. rev., comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CIP 109101 = IFO (now NBRC) 15982 = JCM 21777 = NBRC 15982.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB078078.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. arenaria, of or pertaining to sand, referring to the source of the organism.
Reference: TAKAHASHI (M.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Emendation of the genus Flammeovirga and Flammeovirga aprica with the proposal of Flammeovirga arenaria nom. rev., comb. nov. and Flammeovirga yaeyamensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2095-2100.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: Flammeovirga arenaria (ex Lewin 1969) Takahashi et al. 2006 was previously known as "Microscilla arenaria" Lewin 1969 [LEWIN (R.A.): A classification of flexibacteria. J. Gen. Microbiol., 1969, 58, 189-206.]
Original article Online

Flammeovirga kamogawensis Hosoya and Yokota 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YS10 = IAM 15451 = JCM 23196 = NCIMB 14281.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB251933.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. kamogawensis, pertaining to Kamogawa, Japan, from where the organisms were isolated.
Reference: HOSOYA (S.) and YOKOTA (A.): Flammeovirga kamogawensis sp. nov., isolated from coastal seawater in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1327-1330.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Flammeovirga yaeyamensis Takahashi et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain IR25-3 = CIP 109099 = NBRC 100898.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB247554.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. yaeyamensis, of or belonging to the Yaeyama Islands, from where the organisms were isolated.
Reference: TAKAHASHI (M.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Emendation of the genus Flammeovirga and Flammeovirga aprica with the proposal of Flammeovirga arenaria nom. rev., comb. nov. and Flammeovirga yaeyamensis sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 2095-2100.
Original article in IJSEM Online