Genus Saccharobacter
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Saccharobacter Yaping et al. 1990, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saccharobacter fermentatus Yaping et al. 1990.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakchâr, sugar; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Saccharobacter, a sugar rod.
Valid publication: YAPING (J.), XIAOYANG (L.) and JIAQI (Y.): Saccharobacter fermentatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new ethanol-producing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 412-414.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Saccharobacter fermentatus Yaping et al. 1990, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WVB8512.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: not found.
Etymology: L. masc. part. adj. fermentatus, fermentend; intended to mean fermentative.
Valid publication: YAPING (J.), XIAOYANG (L.) and JIAQI (Y.): Saccharobacter fermentatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new ethanol-producing bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 412-414.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The type strain is currently not available from a recognized culture collection.
Reference: YARZA (P.), SPRÖER (C.), SWIDERSKI (J.), MROTZEK (N.), SPRING (S.), TINDALL (B.J.), GRONOW (S.), PUKALL (R.), KLENK (H.P.), LANG (E.), VERBARG (S.), CROUCH (A.), LILBURN (T.), BECK (B.), UNOSSON (C.), CARDEW (S.), MOORE (E.R.B.), GOMILA (M.), NAKAGAWA (Y.), JANSSENS (D.), DE VOS (P.), PEIREN (J.), SUTTELS (T.), CLERMONT (D.), BIZET (C.), SAKAMOTO (M.), IIDA (T.), KUDO (T.), KOSAKO (Y.), OSHIDA (Y.), OHKUMA (M.), ARAHAL (D.R.), SPIECK (E.), POMMERENING ROESER (A.), FIGGE (M.), PARK (D.), BUCHANAN (P.), CIFUENTES (A.), MUNOZ (R.), EUZEBY (J.P.), SCHLEIFER (K.H.), LUDWIG (W.), AMANN (R.), GLÖCKNER (F.O.) and RÓSSELLO-MÓRA (R.): Sequencing orphan species initiative (SOS): Filling the gaps in the 16S rRNA gene sequence database for all species with validly published names. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 2013, 36, 69-73.
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