
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8154
Name	Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994
Preferred Name	Elizabethkingia meningoseptica
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8154
Type Strain representative organism	14^T (=CCUG 214 =ATCC 13253 =LMG 12279 =NCTC 10016)


Proper Form	Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994
Nomenclatural History	The species Chryseobacterium meningosepticum was originally described and validly published by Vandamme et al. 1994. Vandamme et al. formed this name in 1994 by placing the species Flavobacterium meningosepticum King 1959 (Approved Lists 1980) into the genus Chryseobacterium Vandamme et al. 1994 emend. Heidler von Heilborn et al. 2022. In 2005, Kim et al. established Chryseobacterium meningosepticum as the basonym of Elizabethkingia meningoseptica (King 1959) Kim et al. 2005 emend. Nicholson et al. 2018 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8154.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8154.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.
Kim KK, Kim MK, Lim JH, Park HY, Lee ST. Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1287-1293. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63541-0 [PubMed].