Genus Saccharofermentans
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
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").
Saccharofermentans Chen et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Saccharofermentans acetigenes Chen et al. 2010.
Etymology: Gr. n. sakchâr, sugar; L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. neut. n. Saccharofermentans, sugar-fermenting.
Valid publication: CHEN (S.), NIU (L.) and ZHANG (Y.): Saccharofermentans acetigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from sludge treating brewery wastewater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2735-2738.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Saccharofermentans acetigenes Chen et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P6 = AS 1.5064 = JCM 14006.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY949857.
Etymology: L. n. acetum, vinegar; N.L. suff. -genes (from Gr. v. gennaô, to produce), producing; N.L. adj. acetigenes, vinegar- or acetic acid-producing.
Valid publication: CHEN (S.), NIU (L.) and ZHANG (Y.): Saccharofermentans acetigenes gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic bacterium isolated from sludge treating brewery wastewater. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2735-2738.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: In the paper by Chen et al. 2010, the GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of strain P6 is erroneously cited as AY 949857 (with a space after the letter J).