Name: Acidovorax sacchari Sawada et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac’cha.ri. N.L. gen. neut. n. sacchari, of the sugarcane genus Saccharum

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-DO-wo-rax SAK-k^ha-ri, masculine

Type strain: ICMP 25276; MAFF 311311

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Valid publication: Sawada H, Shinohara H, Takashima Y, Naito K, Satou M. Acidovorax sacchari sp. nov., a pathogen causing red stripe of sugarcane in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6575. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.04967 (N = 20).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-02-17.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990

Assigned by: Sawada H, Shinohara H, Takashima Y, Naito K, Satou M. Acidovorax sacchari sp. nov., a pathogen causing red stripe of sugarcane in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6575. 🇯🇵

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