NEW PERSPECTIVES IN THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE FLAVOBACTERIA - DESCRIPTION OF CHRYSEOBACTERIUM GEN-NOV, BERGEYELLA GEN-NOV, AND EMPEDOBACTERNOM REV

Our present knowledge concerning the genotypic, chemotaxonomic, and ph enotypic characteristics of members of the genus Flavobacterium and so me related genera, including the genus Weeksella, was used to revise t he classification of these organisms. The generically misclassified or ganisms Flavobacterium balustinum, Flavobacterium gleum, Flavobacteriu m indologenes, Flavobacterium indoltheticum, Flavobacterium meningosep ticum, and Flavobacterium scophthalmum are included in a new genus, Ch ryseobacterium, with Chryseobacterium gleum as the type species. The g enerically misclassified organism Flavobacterium breve is included in the revived genus Empedobacter as Empedobacter brevis, whereas the gen erically misclassified organism Weeksella zoohelcum is included in the new genus Bergeyella as Bergeyella zoohelcum.