title: Transfer of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum and Chryseobacterium miricola to Elizabethkingia gen. nov. as Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov.
abstract: The taxonomic positions of six strains (including the type strain) of Chryseobacterium meningosepticum (King 1959) Vandamme et al. 1994 and the type strain of Chryseobacterium miricola Li et al. 2004 were re-evaluated by using a polyphasic taxonomic approach. Phylogenetic analysis, based on 16S rRNA gene sequencing, showed that the strains represent a separate lineage from the type strains of the Chryseobacterium-Bergeyella-Riemerella branch within the family Flavobacteriaceae (90.7-93.9 % similarities), which was supported by phenotypic differences. Combined phylogenetic and phenotypic data showed that C. meningosepticum and C. miricola should be transferred to a new genus, Elizabethkingia gen. nov., with the names Elizabethkingia meningoseptica comb. nov. (type strain, ATCC 13253(T) = NCTC 10016(T) = LMG 12279(T) = CCUG 214(T)) and Elizabethkingia miricola comb. nov. (type strain, DSM 14571(T) = JCM 11413(T) = GTC 862(T)) proposed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong 373-1, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Kwang Kyu
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong 373-1, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Myung Kyum
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong 373-1, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Ju Hyoung
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong 373-1, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Hye Yoon
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Guseong 373-1, Yuseong, Daejeon 305-701, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Taik
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001482:Base Composition; D045247:Chryseobacterium / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000032:analysis / Q000302:isolation & purification; D041965:Flavobacteriaceae / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D020459:Genes, rRNA; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010641:Phenotype; D010802:Phylogeny; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005227:Fatty Acids; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S