Name: Citroniella saccharovorans Patel et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro’vo.rans. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. saccharovorans, sugar-devouring, pertaining to the utilization of sugars

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCUG 66799; DSM 29873; M6.X9

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG496017 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patel NB, Obregon-Tito AJ, Tito RY, Trujillo-Villaroel O, Marin-Reyes L, Troncoso-Corzo L, Guija-Poma E, Lewis CMJ, Lawson PA. Citroniella saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a member of the family Peptoniphilaceae isolated from a human fecal sample from a coastal traditional community member. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1142-1148.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Citroniella Patel et al. 2019. Publication: Patel NB, Obregon-Tito AJ, Tito RY, Trujillo-Villaroel O, Marin-Reyes L, Troncoso-Corzo L, Guija-Poma E, Lewis CMJ, Lawson PA. Citroniella saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a member of the family Peptoniphilaceae isolated from a human fecal sample from a coastal traditional community member. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1142-1148.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Citroniella Patel et al. 2019

Assigned by: Patel NB, Obregon-Tito AJ, Tito RY, Trujillo-Villaroel O, Marin-Reyes L, Troncoso-Corzo L, Guija-Poma E, Lewis CMJ, Lawson PA. Citroniella saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a member of the family Peptoniphilaceae isolated from a human fecal sample from a coastal traditional community member. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1142-1148.

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Record number: 800703