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Genus Asaia
Name: Asaia Yamada et al. 2000
Etymology: A.sa’i.a. N.L. fem. n. Asaia, named after Toshinobu Asai, a Japanese bacteriologist who contributed to the systematics of acetic acid bacteria
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Asai-), a-SA-i-a
Type species: Asaia bogorensis Yamada et al. 2000
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Yamada Y, Katsura K, Kawasaki H, Widyastuti Y, Saono S, Seki T, Uchimura T, Komagata K. Asaia bogorensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual acetic acid bacterium in the alpha-Proteobacteria. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:823-829. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Yukphan et al. (2004), Malimas et al. (2008). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11918 (N = 8).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: JCM: 7; NBRC: 6; DSM: 6; BCC: 4; NRIC: 3; IFO: 2; TISTR: 1; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1; CCM: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Asaia astilbes Suzuki et al. 2012 inaccurate spelling misspelling Asaia astilbis corrig. Suzuki et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia bogorensis Yamada et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia krungthepensis Yukphan et al. 2004 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia lannaensis Malimas et al. 2008 inaccurate spelling misspelling Asaia lannensis corrig. Malimas et al. 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia platycodi Suzuki et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia prunellae Suzuki et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia siamensis Katsura et al. 2001 validly published under the ICNP correct name Asaia spathodeae Kommanee et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
Assigned by:
Degli Esposti M, Guerrero G, Rogel MA, Issotta F, Rojas-Villalobos C, Quatrini R, Martinez-Romero E. The phylogeny of Acetobacteraceae: photosynthetic traits and deranged respiratory enzymes. Microbiol Spectr 2023; 11:e0057523. 🇲🇽
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Record number: 515182
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