Myroides odoratus (DSM 2801, ATCC 4651, IAM 14199)

Name: Myroides odoratus (DSM 2801, ATCC 4651, IAM 14199)
Creator: BacDive
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BacDive ID 5621

Type strain

Culture col. no. DSM 2801 ATCC 4651 IAM 14199 JCM 7458 NCTC 11036 8 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 929704 256

Special Collections DSMZ CCUG JCM CIP

History <- NCTC <- ATCC <- D.H. Bergey <- M. Stutzer H. Oyaizu KS 0430 <-- AJ 2518 <-- ATCC 4651 <-- D. H. Bergey <-- M. Stutzer. CIP <- 1988, NCTC, Flavobacterium odoratum <- 1976, ATCC <- D.H. Bergey <- M. Stutzer

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Myroides odoratus DSM 2801 is an obligate aerobe, mesophilic, Gram-negative prokaryote of the family Flavobacteriaceae.

Gram-negative rod-shaped obligate aerobe mesophilic genome sequence 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 7906

LMG 14976,ATCC 4651,CCM 3296,CCRC 10678,CIP 103105,DSM 2801,IAM 14199,IFO 14945,JCM 7458,LMG 1233,NCTC 11036,CCUG 7321,CECT 998,NBRC 14945,BCRC 10678,NCIM 5141

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:19:00

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacteroidota

Class Flavobacteriia

Order Flavobacteriales

Family Flavobacteriaceae

Genus Myroides

Species Myroides odoratus

Full scientific name Myroides odoratus (Stutzer 1929) Vancanneyt et al. 1996

Synonyms (1)

Flavobacterium odoratum

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Myroides odoratus** (20)	Type strain
5620	M. odoratus CL41/66, CL 41/66, DSM 2802, ATCC 29979, ...
138170	M. odoratus CIP 105168, CCUG 22182, LMG 12841
139709	M. odoratus DSM 100222
139710	M. odoratus DSM 100817
139711	M. odoratus DSM 100470
139712	M. odoratus DSM 100678
139713	M. odoratus DSM 100680
139714	M. odoratus DSM 100681
139715	M. odoratus DSM 100818
139716	M. odoratus DSM 100839
139717	M. odoratus DSM 100842
139718	M. odoratus DSM 100857
139719	M. odoratus DSM 100858
139720	M. odoratus DSM 100860
139721	M. odoratus DSM 100861
139722	M. odoratus DSM 100862
139723	M. odoratus DSM 100890
139724	M. odoratus DSM 100919
150555	M. odoratus CCUG 41578
173343	M. odoratus CIMB 04-9449, CRBIP17.100

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Confidence
121392	negative	rod-shaped
125438			90
125438	negative		98.432

Multimedia

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caption:	electron microscopic image
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manual_annotation:	1

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
1231	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
1231	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Distilled water
34912	MEDIUM 3 - Columbia agar		Columbia agar (39.000 g);distilled water (1000.000 ml)
121392	CIP Medium 3	Medium recipe at CIP
121392	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
1231	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
34912	positive	growth	30	mesophilic
67770	positive	growth	30	mesophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

121392

Oxygen toleranceobligate aerobe

Spore formation

@ref	Spore formation	Confidence
125438		90.305

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-6

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
121392	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction
121392	16301 ChEBI	nitrite	+	reduction

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
121392	35581 ChEBI	indole

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68382	acid phosphatase	+	3.1.3.2	from API zym
68382	alkaline phosphatase	+	3.1.3.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-chymotrypsin	-	3.4.21.1	from API zym
68382	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	from API zym
68382	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	from API zym
68382	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	from API zym
68382	alpha-mannosidase	-	3.2.1.24	from API zym
68382	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	from API zym
68382	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API zym
68382	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	from API zym
121392	catalase	+	1.11.1.6
68382	cystine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.3	from API zym
68382	esterase (C 4)	+		from API zym
68382	esterase lipase (C 8)	+		from API zym
68382	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	from API zym
68382	lipase (C 14)	-		from API zym
68382	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	from API zym
68382	naphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	+		from API zym
121392	oxidase	+
68382	trypsin	+	3.4.21.4	from API zym
121392	urease	+	3.5.1.5
68382	valine arylamidase	-		from API zym

Pathway annotation

Computationally determined by

@ref	pathway	enzyme coverage	annotated reactions
66794	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	vitamin K metabolism	100	5 of 5
66794	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
66794	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
66794	sulfopterin metabolism	100	4 of 4
66794	teichoic acid biosynthesis	100	1 of 1
66794	denitrification	100	2 of 2
66794	palmitate biosynthesis	100	22 of 22
66794	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
66794	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
66794	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
66794	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
66794	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
66794	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
66794	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
66794	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
66794	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
66794	gluconeogenesis	87.5	7 of 8
66794	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
66794	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
66794	NAD metabolism	83.33	15 of 18
66794	vitamin B6 metabolism	81.82	9 of 11
66794	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	flavin biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
66794	propionate fermentation	80	8 of 10
66794	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
66794	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	78.57	11 of 14
66794	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
66794	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
66794	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
66794	pyrimidine metabolism	73.33	33 of 45
66794	heme metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
66794	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
66794	cardiolipin biosynthesis	71.43	5 of 7
66794	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	71.43	20 of 28
66794	purine metabolism	71.28	67 of 94
66794	urea cycle	69.23	9 of 13
66794	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	enterobactin biosynthesis	66.67	2 of 3
66794	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
66794	L-lactaldehyde degradation	66.67	2 of 3
66794	lysine metabolism	66.67	28 of 42
66794	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
66794	tryptophan metabolism	63.16	24 of 38
66794	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
66794	leucine metabolism	61.54	8 of 13
66794	lipoate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	60	3 of 5
66794	threonine metabolism	60	6 of 10
66794	glycine betaine biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	arachidonate biosynthesis	60	3 of 5
66794	glycolysis	58.82	10 of 17
66794	alanine metabolism	58.62	17 of 29
66794	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	58.33	7 of 12
66794	glutathione metabolism	57.14	8 of 14
66794	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
66794	d-mannose degradation	55.56	5 of 9
66794	pantothenate biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
66794	Entner Doudoroff pathway	50	5 of 10
66794	isoleucine metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
66794	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
66794	biotin biosynthesis	50	2 of 4
66794	ketogluconate metabolism	50	4 of 8
66794	non-pathway related	50	19 of 38
66794	butanoate fermentation	50	2 of 4
66794	arginine metabolism	50	12 of 24
66794	tyrosine metabolism	50	7 of 14
66794	cysteine metabolism	50	9 of 18
66794	degradation of sugar alcohols	50	8 of 16
66794	oxidative phosphorylation	47.25	43 of 91
66794	isoprenoid biosynthesis	46.15	12 of 26
66794	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	46.15	6 of 13
66794	phenylalanine metabolism	46.15	6 of 13
66794	methionine metabolism	42.31	11 of 26
66794	carotenoid biosynthesis	40.91	9 of 22
66794	starch degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	glycine metabolism	40	4 of 10
66794	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
66794	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	40	4 of 10
66794	coenzyme M biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
66794	histidine metabolism	37.93	11 of 29
66794	pentose phosphate pathway	36.36	4 of 11
66794	proline metabolism	36.36	4 of 11
66794	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	33.33	2 of 6
66794	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	selenocysteine biosynthesis	33.33	2 of 6
66794	(5R)-carbapenem carboxylate biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
66794	formaldehyde oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	allantoin degradation	33.33	3 of 9
66794	methane metabolism	33.33	1 of 3
66794	valine metabolism	33.33	3 of 9
66794	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
66794	androgen and estrogen metabolism	31.25	5 of 16
66794	polyamine pathway	30.43	7 of 23
66794	mevalonate metabolism	28.57	2 of 7
66794	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	28.57	2 of 7
66794	degradation of hexoses	27.78	5 of 18
66794	ascorbate metabolism	27.27	6 of 22
66794	dolichyl-diphosphooligosaccharide biosynthesis	27.27	3 of 11
66794	degradation of pentoses	25	7 of 28
66794	lactate fermentation	25	1 of 4
66794	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	toluene degradation	25	1 of 4
66794	alginate biosynthesis	25	1 of 4
66794	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	23.53	4 of 17
66794	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
66794	sulfate reduction	23.08	3 of 13
66794	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	22.22	2 of 9
66794	arachidonic acid metabolism	22.22	4 of 18

API zym

@ref	Control	Alkaline phosphatase	Esterase (C 4)	2-naphtyl caprylateEsterase Lipase (C 8)	Lipase (C 14)	L-leucyl-2-naphthylamideLeucine arylamidase	L-valyl-2-naphthylamideValine arylamidase	L-cystyl-2-naphthylamideCystine arylamidase	Trypsin	alpha- Chymotrypsin	Acid phosphatase	Naphthol-AS-BI-phosphateNaphthol-AS-BI-phosphohydrolase	alpha- Galactosidase	beta- Galactosidase	beta- Glucuronidase	alpha- Glucosidase	beta- Glucosidase	N-acetyl-beta- glucosaminidase	alpha- Mannosidase	alpha- Fucosidase
121392	-	+	+	+	-	-	-	-	+	-	+	+	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AB517709 (>99% sequence identity) for Myroides odoratus subclade from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	2185
Soil Samples	820
Animal Samples	1863
Plant Samples	256
Total Samples	5124

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
1231	2	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466
121392	1	Risk group (French classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
124043	ASM1672698v1 assembly for Myroides odoratus FDAARGOS_1131	complete	GCA_016726985	256.10	8120481480	256	98.27
67770	50279_H02 assembly for Myroides odoratus NCTC11036	contig	GCA_900453865	256.8	2838948833	256	79.16
67770	ASM24327v1 assembly for Myroides odoratus DSM 2801	chromosome	GCA_000243275	929704.3	2506520050	929704	77.53

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	NCBI tax ID
20218	Flavobacterium odoratum 16S ribosomal RNA	D14019	1286	929704
20218	Myroides odoratus DSM 2801 strain ATCC 4651 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	M58777	1467	929704
1231	Myroides odoratus DSM 2801 strain JCM 7458 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence	NR_115494	1286	929704
67770	Myroides odoratus gene for 16S ribosomal RNA, partial sequence, strain: NBRC 14945	AB517709	1443	929704

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
1231	38.1
1231	35.1
1231	35.8	sequence analysis
67770	35.3	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)
67770	35.1	thermal denaturation, midpoint method (Tm)

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Myroides odoratus strain FDAARGOS_1131
PATRIC: 256.10

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	58.50	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	50.20	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	positive	74.30	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	81.90	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Myroides odoratus DSM 2801 DSM 2801
NCBI: GCA_000243275.1

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.43	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	95.78	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	84.55	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	90.31	no
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	97.08	no
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	90.00	no

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Pathogenicity	Whole-genome sequencing of a large collection of Myroides odoratimimus and Myroides odoratus isolates and antimicrobial susceptibility studies.	Gunzer F, Rudolph WW, Bunk B, Schober I, Peters S, Muller T, Oberheitmann B, Schrottner P.	Emerg Microbes Infect	10.1038/s41426-018-0061-x	2018
	Biofilm-forming capacity, surface hydrophobicity and aggregation characteristics of Myroides odoratus isolated from South African Oreochromis mossambicus fish.	Jacobs A, Chenia HY.	J Appl Microbiol	10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04380.x	2009
	Characterization and Identification of a novel chromosome-encoded metallo-beta-lactamase WUS-1 in Myroides albus P34.	Liu S, Zhang L, Feng C, Zhu J, Li A, Zhao J, Zhang Y, Gao M, Shi W, Li Q, Zhang X, Zhang H, Xu T, Lu J, Bao Q.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.1059997	2022
	MYROIDES INFECTION IN A BABOON AFTER PROLONGED PIG KIDNEY GRAFT SURVIVAL.	Liu H, Iwase H, Wijkstrom M, Singh J, Klein E, Wagner R, Humar A, Pasculle W, Cooper DK.	Transplant Direct	10.1097/txd.0000000000000523	2015
	In Vitro Activity of Ceftolozane/Tazobactam vs Nonfermenting, Gram-Negative Cystic Fibrosis Isolates.	Forrester JB, Steed LL, Santevecchi BA, Flume P, Palmer-Long GE, Bosso JA.	Open Forum Infect Dis	10.1093/ofid/ofy158	2018
	A Comprehensive Study of the Microbiome, Resistome, and Physical and Chemical Characteristics of Chicken Waste from Intensive Farms.	Blazejewska A, Zalewska M, Grudniak A, Popowska M.	Biomolecules	10.3390/biom12081132	2022
Phylogeny	Identification of Rare Bacterial Pathogens by 16S rRNA Gene Sequencing and MALDI-TOF MS.	Schrottner P, Gunzer F, Schuppel J, Rudolph WW.	J Vis Exp	10.3791/53176	2016
Enzymology	Investigation of an outbreak of central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection due to contaminated water.	Douce RW, Zurita J, Sanchez O, Cardenas Aldaz P.	Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol	10.1086/533543	2008
	Light stimulates anoxic and oligotrophic growth of glacial Flavobacterium strains that produce zeaxanthin.	Liu Q, Li W, Liu D, Li L, Li J, Lv N, Liu F, Zhu B, Zhou Y, Xin Y, Dong X.	ISME J	10.1038/s41396-020-00891-w	2021
Pathogenicity	Myroides odoratimimus urinary tract infection in an immunocompromised patient: an emerging multidrug-resistant micro-organism.	Lorenzin G, Piccinelli G, Carlassara L, Scolari F, Caccuri F, Caruso A, De Francesco MA.	Antimicrob Resist Infect Control	10.1186/s13756-018-0391-4	2018
	Effect of Fermented Medicinal Plants as Dietary Additives on Food Preference and Fecal Microbial Quality in Dogs.	Park DH, Kothari D, Niu KM, Han SG, Yoon JE, Lee HG, Kim SK.	Animals (Basel)	10.3390/ani9090690	2019
	Extensively drug-resistant Myroides odoratimimus - a case series of urinary tract infections in immunocompromised patients.	Licker M, Sorescu T, Rus M, Cirlea N, Horhat F, Jurescu C, Botoca M, Cumpanas A, Timar R, Muntean D.	Infect Drug Resist	10.2147/idr.s161069	2018
Enzymology	Gram-negative bacteria from patients seeking medical advice in Stockholm after the tsunami catastrophe.	Kallman O, Lundberg C, Wretlind B, Ortqvist A.	Scand J Infect Dis	10.1080/00365540500452499	2006
Enzymology	[Rare bacteria species found in wounds of tsunami patients. Predominance of gram-negative rods, increased antibiotic resistance].	Kallman O, Lundberg C, Wretlind B, Ortqvist A.	Lakartidningen		2005
	Preliminary evidence for an influence of exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons on the composition of the gut microbiota and neurodevelopment in three-year-old healthy children.	Zhang W, Sun Z, Zhang Q, Sun Z, Su Y, Song J, Wang B, Gao R.	BMC Pediatr	10.1186/s12887-021-02539-w	2021
	Molecular Epidemiology of Myroides odoratimimus in Nosocomial Catheter-Related Infection at a General Hospital in China.	Yang S, Liu Q, Shen Z, Wang H, He L.	Infect Drug Resist	10.2147/idr.s251626	2020
Enzymology	Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Specific Lateral Flow Assay for the Presumptive Identification of Francisella tularensis in Suspicious White Powders and Aerosol Samples.	Pillai SP, DePalma L, Prentice KW, Ramage JG, Chapman C, Sarwar J, Parameswaran N, Petersen J, Yockey B, Young J, Singh A, Pillai CA, Manickam G, Thirunavkkarasu N, Avila JR, Sharma S, Morse SA, Venkateswaran K, Anderson K, Hodge DR.	Health Secur	10.1089/hs.2019.0151	2020
	MUS-2, a novel variant of the chromosome-encoded beta-lactamase MUS-1, from Myroides odoratimimus.	Al-Bayssari C, Gupta SK, Dabboussi F, Hamze M, Rolain JM.	New Microbes New Infect	10.1016/j.nmni.2015.06.007	2015
Enzymology	Comprehensive Laboratory Evaluation of a Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Yersinia pestis.	Prentice KW, DePalma L, Ramage JG, Sarwar J, Parameswaran N, Petersen J, Yockey B, Young J, Joshi M, Thirunavvukarasu N, Singh A, Chapman C, Avila JR, Pillai CA, Manickam G, Sharma SK, Morse SA, Venkateswaran KV, Anderson K, Hodge DR, Pillai SP.	Health Secur	10.1089/hs.2019.0094	2019
Phylogeny	Bacterial communities in the gut of wild and mass-reared Zeugodacus cucurbitae and Bactrocera dorsalis revealed by metagenomic sequencing.	Hadapad AB, Shettigar SKG, Hire RS.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-019-1647-8	2019
Enzymology	The Chryseobacterium meningosepticum PafA enzyme: prototype of a new enzyme family of prokaryotic phosphate-irrepressible alkaline phosphatases?	Berlutti F, Passariello C, Selan L, Thaller MC, Rossolini GM.	Microbiology (Reading)	10.1099/00221287-147-10-2831	2001
Phylogeny	Microbial communities associated with the co-metabolism of free cyanide and thiocyanate under alkaline conditions.	Mekuto L, Ntwampe SKO, Mudumbi JBN.	3 Biotech	10.1007/s13205-018-1124-3	2018
Metabolism	Gut bacteria may be involved in interactions between plants, herbivores and their predators: microbial biosynthesis of N-acylglutamine surfactants as elicitors of plant volatiles.	Spiteller D, Dettner K, Bolan W.	Biol Chem	10.1515/bc.2000.096	2000
Phylogeny	Psychrobacters and related bacteria in freshwater fish.	Gonzalez CJ, Santos JA, Garcia-Lopez ML, Otero A.	J Food Prot	10.4315/0362-028x-63.3.315	2000
	Identification of New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase 1 in Acinetobacter lwoffii of food animal origin.	Wang Y, Wu C, Zhang Q, Qi J, Liu H, Wang Y, He T, Ma L, Lai J, Shen Z, Liu Y, Shen J.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0037152	2012
Pathogenicity	Properties of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Isolated from Onsite Wastewater Treatment Plant in Relation to Biofilm Formation.	Jalowiecki L, Zur J, Chojniak J, Ejhed H, Plaza G.	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-017-1428-2	2018
	Assessment of microbial diversity in biofilms recovered from endotracheal tubes using culture dependent and independent approaches.	Vandecandelaere I, Matthijs N, Van Nieuwerburgh F, Deforce D, Vosters P, De Bus L, Nelis HJ, Depuydt P, Coenye T.	PLoS One	10.1371/journal.pone.0038401	2012
Enzymology	Polyclonal outbreak of bloodstream infections caused by Burkholderia cepacia complex in hematology and bone marrow transplant outpatient units.	Boszczowski I, do Prado GV, Dalben MF, Telles RC, Freire MP, Guimaraes T, Oliveira MS, Rosa JF, Soares RE, Llacer PE, Dulley FL, Costa SF, Levin AS.	Rev Inst Med Trop Sao Paulo	10.1590/s0036-46652014000100011	2014
Enzymology	Biofilm formation and adherence characteristics of an Elizabethkingia meningoseptica isolate from Oreochromis mossambicus.	Jacobs A, Chenia HY.	Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob	10.1186/1476-0711-10-16	2011
	Microbial communities of aquatic environments on Heard Island characterized by pyrotag sequencing and environmental data.	Allen MA, Cavicchioli R.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep44480	2017
	The microbiomes of blowflies and houseflies as bacterial transmission reservoirs.	Junqueira ACM, Ratan A, Acerbi E, Drautz-Moses DI, Premkrishnan BNV, Costea PI, Linz B, Purbojati RW, Paulo DF, Gaultier NE, Subramanian P, Hasan NA, Colwell RR, Bork P, Azeredo-Espin AML, Bryant DA, Schuster SC.	Sci Rep	10.1038/s41598-017-16353-x	2017
	Multiple conversion between the genes encoding bacterial class-I release factors.	Ishikawa SA, Kamikawa R, Inagaki Y.	Sci Rep	10.1038/srep12406	2015
	Infections and treatment of wounds in survivors of the 2004 Tsunami in Thailand.	Doung-ngern P, Vatanaprasan T, Chungpaibulpatana J, Sitamanoch W, Netwong T, Sukhumkumpee S, O'Reilly M, Henderson A, Jiraphongsa C.	Int Wound J	10.1111/j.1742-481x.2009.00623.x	2009
Enzymology	A positive correlation between bacterial autoaggregation and biofilm formation in native Sinorhizobium meliloti isolates from Argentina.	Sorroche FG, Spesia MB, Zorreguieta A, Giordano W.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.07826-11	2012
Phylogeny	Antibacterial activities of multi drug resistant Myroides odoratimimus bacteria isolated from adult flesh flies (Diptera: sarcophagidae) are independent of metallo beta-lactamase gene.	Dharne MS, Gupta AK, Rangrez AY, Ghate HV, Patole MS, Shouche YS.	Braz J Microbiol	10.1590/s1517-838220080002000035	2008
Pathogenicity	Antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the guts of insects feeding on plants: prospects for discovering plant-derived antibiotics.	Ignasiak K, Maxwell A.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-017-1133-0	2017
Phylogeny	Evaluation of autoSCAN-W/A and the Vitek GNI+ AutoMicrobic system for identification of non-glucose-fermenting gram-negative bacilli.	Sung LL, Yang DI, Hung CC, Ho HT.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.38.3.1127-1130.2000	2000
Metabolism	Novel sulfonolipid in the extremely halophilic bacterium Salinibacter ruber.	Corcelli A, Lattanzio VM, Mascolo G, Babudri F, Oren A, Kates M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.70.11.6678-6685.2004	2004
Metabolism	Characterization of VIM-2, a carbapenem-hydrolyzing metallo-beta-lactamase and its plasmid- and integron-borne gene from a Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate in France.	Poirel L, Naas T, Nicolas D, Collet L, Bellais S, Cavallo JD, Nordmann P.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.44.4.891-897.2000	2000
Phylogeny	Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes.	Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2016.02003	2016
Pathogenicity	Genetic-biochemical analysis and distribution of the Ambler class A beta-lactamase CME-2, responsible for extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in Chryseobacterium (Flavobacterium) meningosepticum.	Bellais S, Poirel L, Naas T, Girlich D, Nordmann P.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.44.1.1-9.2000	2000
Enzymology	Chromosome-encoded beta-lactamases TUS-1 and MUS-1 from Myroides odoratus and Myroides odoratimimus (formerly Flavobacterium odoratum), new members of the lineage of molecular subclass B1 metalloenzymes.	Mammeri H, Bellais S, Nordmann P	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/AAC.46.11.3561-3567.2002	2002
Genetics	Flavobacterium aerium sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the air of the Icelandic volcanic island Surtsey.	Daussin A, Vannier P, Menager M, Mater E, Marteinsson VTh.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.006647	2025
Phylogeny	Myroides fluvii sp. nov., isolated from the Han River, Republic of Korea.	Kim YS, Jang SH, Cha CJ.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.004623	2021
Metabolism	A novel protein-deamidating enzyme from Chryseobacterium proteolyticum sp. nov., a newly isolated bacterium from soil.	Yamaguchi S, Yokoe M.	Appl Environ Microbiol	10.1128/aem.66.8.3337-3343.2000	2000
Phylogeny	DNA-DNA hybridization study of strains of Chryseobacterium, Elizabethkingia and Empedobacter and of other usually indole-producing non-fermenters of CDC groups IIc, IIe, IIh and IIi, mostly from human clinical sources, and proposals of Chryseobacterium bernardetii sp. nov., Chryseobacterium carnis sp. nov., Chryseobacterium lactis sp. nov., Chryseobacterium nakagawai sp. nov. and Chryseobacterium taklimakanense comb. nov.	Holmes B, Steigerwalt AG, Nicholson AC.	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.054353-0	2013
	Flavobacterium okayamense sp. nov. isolated from surface seawater.	Kitahara K, Muzembo BA, Morohoshi S, Kunihiro T, Tazato N, Ohno A, Uesaka K, Taniguchi M, Miyoshi SI.	Arch Microbiol	10.1007/s00203-023-03682-x	2023
Phylogeny	Myroides indicus sp. nov., isolated from garden soil.	Ram H, Kumar A, Thomas L, Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Singh VP	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.000530	2015
Phylogeny	Myroides pelagicus sp. nov., isolated from seawater in Thailand.	Yoon J, Maneerat S, Kawai F, Yokota A	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.64336-0	2006

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