Name: Acidilobus saccharovorans Prokofeva et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.vo’rans. Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. saccharovorans, sugar-devouring

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 345-15; DSM 16705; VKM B-2471

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY350586 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prokofeva MI, Kostrikina NA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Lysenko AM, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Isolation of the anaerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus saccharovorans sp. nov. and proposal of Acidilobales ord. nov., including Acidilobaceae fam. nov. and Caldisphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3116-3122.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:473-474.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Acidilobus Prokofeva et al. 2000

Assigned by: Prokofeva MI, Kostrikina NA, Kolganova TV, Tourova TP, Lysenko AM, Lebedinsky AV, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA. Isolation of the anaerobic thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote Acidilobus saccharovorans sp. nov. and proposal of Acidilobales ord. nov., including Acidilobaceae fam. nov. and Caldisphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3116-3122.

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Record number: 772592