Name: Athalassotoga saccharophila Itoh et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharophila, sugar-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28954; JCM 19762; NAS-01

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB898788 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Onishi M, Kato S, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Kudo T, Takashina T, Ohkuma M. Athalassotoga saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and proposal of Mesoaciditogales ord. nov. and Mesoaciditogaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Thermotogae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1045-1051.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Athalassotoga Itoh et al. 2016. Publication: Itoh T, Onishi M, Kato S, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Kudo T, Takashina T, Ohkuma M. Athalassotoga saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and proposal of Mesoaciditogales ord. nov. and Mesoaciditogaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Thermotogae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1045-1051.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Athalassotoga Itoh et al. 2016

Assigned by: Itoh T, Onishi M, Kato S, Iino T, Sakamoto M, Kudo T, Takashina T, Ohkuma M. Athalassotoga saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from an acidic terrestrial hot spring, and proposal of Mesoaciditogales ord. nov. and Mesoaciditogaceae fam. nov. in the phylum Thermotogae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1045-1051.

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Record number: 793860