Title Proposal of Flavihumibacter fluvii sp. nov. as a replacement name for the effectively published but invalidated epithet Flavihumibacter fluminis Park et al. 2022
Author Miri S. Park1,2, Hyeonuk Sa1, Ilnam Kang1,2, and Jang‑Cheon Cho1*
Address 1Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea, 2Center for Molecular and Cell Biology, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Republic of Korea
Bibliography Journal of Microbiology, 61(6),649-651, 2023,
DOI 10.1007/s12275-023-00057-1
Key Words Flavihumibacter fluvii sp. nov. · Flavihumibacter fluminis · Homonymic epithet
Abstract The name Flavihumibacter fluminis Park et al. 2022, which was effectively published but invalidated, is an illegitimate homonymic epithet of Flavihumibacter fluminis Guo et al. 2023. The low 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity and genomic relatedness between the type strains IMCC34837T and RY-1T of the two homonymic species indicated that they are different species. To avoid further confusion, we propose a new name Flavihumibacter fluvii sp. nov. to replace the effectively published but invalidated homonymic epithet Flavihumibacter fluminis Park et al. 2022.