Proposal That Flavobacterium breve Be Substituted as the Type Species of the Genus in Place of Flavobacterium aquatile and Emended Description of the Genus Flavobacterium: Status of the Named Species of Flavobacterium * Request for an Opinion

Abstract

It is requested that the Judicial Commission issue an Opinion rejecting the name Flavobacterium aquatile (Frankland and Frankland) Bergey et al. 1923 as a nomen dubium. Because this species is the type species of the genus Flavobacterium, the Judicial Commission is also requested to issue an Opinion designating Flavobacterium breve (Lustig) Bergey et al. 1923 as the new type species of Flavobacterium. The description of the genus Flavobacterium Bergey et al. 1923 is also herein emended. The proposed taxonomic or nomenclatural status of all known previously described species of the genus Flavobacterium is indicated in appendexes to this paper.