
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8257
Name	Flexibacter litoralis Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Bernardetia litoralis
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8257
Type Strain representative organism	ATCC 19590^T (=NBRC 15988 =DSM 6794 =SIO-4 =ATCC 23117 =IFO 15988)


Proper Form	Flexibacter litoralis Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Flexibacter litoralis was originally described by Lewin 1969. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2016, Hahnke et al. established Flexibacter litoralis as the basonym of Bernardetia litoralis (Lewin 1969) Hahnke et al. 2017 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Flexibacter litoralis Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8257.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8257.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 25, 2009.

References

Lewin RA. A classification of flexibacteria. J Gen Microbiol 1969; 58:189-206. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-58-2-189 [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.
Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, García-López M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk H-P, Göker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front. Microbio. 2016; 7:1-37. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.02003 [PubMed].