
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.8263
Name	Flexibacter ruber Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Thermoflexibacter ruber
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.8263
Type Strain representative organism	GEY^T (=ATCC 23103 =DSM 9560 =IFO 16677 =LMG 13857)


Proper Form	Flexibacter ruber Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Flexibacter ruber was originally described by Lewin 1969. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2016, Hahnke et al. established Flexibacter ruber as the basonym of Thermoflexibacter ruber (Lewin 1969) Hahnke et al. 2017 emend. García-López et al. 2019 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Flexibacter ruber Lewin 1969 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.8263.
Source File	10.1601/nm.8263.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].