
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8078
Name	Flavobacterium capsulatum Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Novosphingobium capsulatum
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8078
Type Strain representative organism	GIFU 11526^T (=IFO 12533 =CCUG 17697 =CIP 82.103 =ATCC 14666 =HAMBI 103 =VKM B-1564 =JCM 7508 =NBRC 12533 =JCM 7452 =CCUG 31202 =DSM 30196 =LMG 2830)


Proper Form	Flavobacterium capsulatum Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Flavobacterium capsulatum was originally described by Leifson 1962. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1990, Yabuuchi et al. established Flavobacterium capsulatum as the basonym of Sphingomonas capsulata (Leifson 1962) Yabuuchi et al. 1990 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Flavobacterium capsulatum Leifson 1962 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8078.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8078.xml

References

Leifson E. The bacterial flora of distilled and stored water. III. New species of the genera Corynebacterium, Flavobacterium, Spirillum and Pseudomonas. Int Bull Bacteriol Nomencl Taxon 1962; 12:161-170. https://doi.org/10.1099/0096266X-12-4-161.
Yabuuchi E, Yano I, Oyaizu H, Hashimoto Y, Ezaki T, Yamamoto H. Proposals of Sphingomonas paucimobilis gen. nov. and comb. nov., Sphingomonas parapaucimobilis sp. nov., Sphingomonas yanoikuyae sp. nov., Sphingomonas adhaesiva sp. nov., Sphingomonas capsulata comb. nov., and two genospecies of the genus Sphingomonas. Microbiol Immunol 1990; 34:99-119. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1348-0421.1990.tb00996.x [PubMed].
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.