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Genus Zoogloea
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: 5
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).
Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868 (not Zoogloea Cohn 1854), genus.
Type species: ¤ Zoogloea ramigera Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980).
Etymology: Gr. adj. zôos, alive, living; Gr. fem. n. gloia, glue; N.L. fem. n. Zoogloea, living glue.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: ITZIGSOHN (H.): Entwicklungsvorgänge von Zoogloea, Oscillaria, Synedra, Staurastrum, Spirotaenia und chroolepus. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 19 November 1867, 1868, pp. 30-31.
→ Zoogloea Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shin et al. 1993.
Reference: SHIN (Y.K.), HIRAISHI (A.) and SUGIYAMA (J.): Molecular systematics of the genus Zoogloea and emendation of the genus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1993, 43, 826-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zoogloea caeni Shao et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) EMB43 = DSM 19389 = KCTC 22084.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ413148.
Etymology: L. gen. n. caeni, of mud, referring to the isolation of the type strain from activated sludge.
Valid publication: SHAO (Y.), CHUNG (B.S.), LEE (S.S.), PARK (W.), LEE (S.S.) and JEON (C.O.): Zoogloea caeni sp. nov., a floc-forming bacterium isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 526-530.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zoogloea oleivorans Farkas et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) Buc=DSM 28387=NCAIM B 02570.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF667502.
Etymology: L. n. oleum, oil; L. v. vorare, to devour; N.L. part. adj. oleivorans, capable of utilizing oil (hydrocarbons).
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication: FARKAS, M. N., TÁNCSICS, A. S., KRISZT, B. Z., BENEDEK, T., TÓTH, E. M., KÉKI, Z., VERES, P. T. G. and SZOBOSZLAY, S. N. 2015. Zoogloea oleivorans sp. nov., a floc-forming, petroleum hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from biofilm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 274-279
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zoogloea oryzae Xie and Yokota 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) A-7 = CCTCC AB 2052005 = IAM 15218 = JCM 21672 = NBRC 102407.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB201043.
Etymology: L. gen. n. oryzae, of rice, from the rice paddy fields from which the strains were isolated.
Valid publication: XIE (C.H.) and YOKOTA (A.): Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of strain ATCC 19623as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 619-624.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Zoogloea ramigera Itzigsohn 1868, species. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) ATCC 19544= CCUG 35504 = CIP 107119 = IFO (now NBRC) 15342 = LMG 17136 = NCTC 13030 = NRRL B-3691.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: X74913.
Etymology: L. n. ramus, a branch; L. suff. -gerus -a -um (from L. v. gero, to bear) bearing; N.L. fem. adj. ramigera, branch-bearing.
Approved Lists reference: SKERMAN (V.B.D.), McGOWAN (V.) and SNEATH (P.H.A.) (editors): Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1980, 30, 225-420 (Approved Lists of Bacterial Names in IJSEM Online - Approved Lists of Bacterial Names Amended edition).
Original publication: ITZIGSOHN (H.): Entwicklungsvorgänge von Zoogloea, Oscillaria, Synedra, Staurastrum, Spirotaenia und chroolepus. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 19 November 1867, 1868, pp. 30-31.
Note: The strain ATCC 19623= IAM 12669, previously designated as a reference strain of Zoogloea ramigera, is now the type strain of ¤ Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006.
Zoogloea resiniphila Mohn et al. 1999, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) DhA-35 = ATCC 700687= CIP 106709 = JCM 21744.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ011506.
Etymology: L. n. resina, resin; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. resiniphila, loving resins.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 70. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 935-936.
Effective publication: MOHN (W.W.), WILSON (A.E.), BICHO (P.) and MOORE (E.R.B.): Physiological and phylogenetic diversity of bacteria growing on resin acids. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1999, 22, 68-78.
Validation List no. 70 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online