SYNONYMY OF FLEXIBACTER-MARITIMUS WAKABAYASHI, HIKIDA, AND MASUMURA 1986 AND CYTOPHAGA-MARINA REICHENBACH 1989

There are two validly published species names, Flexibacter maritimus Wakabayashi, Hikida, and Masumura 1986 (with strain NCMB 2154 as the type strain) and Cytophaga marina Reichenbach 1989 (with strain NCMB 2153 as type strain), for what is clearly the same organism. Both type strains were included in the original description of F. maritimus. The proposal of C. marina was intended as a new combination for "Flexibacter marinus," a name that was never validly published but was used for the same organism for which F. maritimus was eventually proposed. F. maritimus clearly has priority.