Genus Steroidobacter
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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008.
Etymology: N.Gr. n. steroides, a steroid; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Steroidobacter, rod-shaped bacterium that degrades steroids.
Valid publication: FAHRBACH (M.), KUEVER (J.), REMESCH (M.), HUBER (B.E.), KÄMPFER (P.), DOTT (W.) and HOLLENDER (J.): Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2215-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Steroidobacter agariperforans Sakai et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KA5-B=JCM 18477=KCTC 32107.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB174844.
Etymology: Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. n. agarum, agar (algal polysaccharide); L. part. adj. perforans, perforating (making holes); N.L. part. adj. agariperforans, making holes in agar, bacterium making deep hollows in agar.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2184-2187.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: SAKAI, M., HOSODA, A., OGURA, K. and IKENAGA, M. 2014. The growth of Steroidobacter agariperforans sp. nov., a novel agar-degrading bacterium isolated from soil, is enhanced by the diffusible metabolites produced by bacteria belonging to Rhizobiales. Microbes Environ., 29, 89–95.
Effective publication Online
Steroidobacter denitrificans Fahrbach et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FS = DSM 18526 = JCM 14622.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF605262.
Etymology: N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying.
Valid publication: FAHRBACH (M.), KUEVER (J.), REMESCH (M.), HUBER (B.E.), KÄMPFER (P.), DOTT (W.) and HOLLENDER (J.): Steroidobacter denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a steroidal hormone-degrading gammaproteobacterium. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2215-2223.
Original article in IJSEM Online