
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8100
Name	Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8100
Type Strain representative organism	14^T (=CCUG 214 =ATCC 13253 =NCTC 10016 =LMG 12279)


Proper Form	Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Flavobacterium meningosepticum was originally described by King 1959. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 1994, Vandamme et al. established Flavobacterium meningosepticum as the basonym of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8100.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8100.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 24, 2009.

References

Vandamme P, Bernardet JF, Segers P, Kersters K, Holmes B. New perspectives in the classification of the flavobacteria: description of Chryseobacterium gen. nov., Bergeyella gen. nov., and Empedobacter nom. rev. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1994; 44:827-831. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-4-827.
King EO. Studies on a group of previously unclassified bacteria associated with meningitis in infants. Am J Clin Pathol 1959; 31:241-247. [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.