Name: Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006

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

Pronunciation, gender: sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19623; DSM 287; I-16-M; IAM 12669; JCM 20728; NBRC 102405

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16S rRNA gene: X74915 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of the strain ATCC 19623 as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:619-624.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Shinella zoogloeoides An et al. 2006

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Shinella zoogloeoides An et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Crabtreella Xie and Yokota 2006. Publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of the strain ATCC 19623 as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:619-624.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Later homotypic synonym of Shinella zoogloides; the name Shinella zoogloides has priority over the species name Crabtreella saccharophila. Publication: An DS, Im WT, Yang HC, Lee ST. Shinella granuli gen. nov., sp. nov., and proposal of the reclassification of Zoogloea ramigera ATCC 19623 as Shinella zoogloeoides sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:443-448.
  • 🧍 The type strain ATCC 19623 = IAM 12669 was previously designated as a reference strain of Zoogloea ramigera Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Itzigsohn H. Entwicklungsvorgänge von Zoogloea, Oscillaria, Synedra, Staurastrum, Spirotaenia und chroolepus. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 19 November 1867. Akademische Buchdruckerei in der Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung, Berlin, 1868.

Parent taxon: Crabtreella Xie and Yokota 2006

Assigned by: Xie CH, Yokota A. Zoogloea oryzae sp. nov., a nitrogen-fixing bacterium isolated from rice paddy soil, and reclassification of the strain ATCC 19623 as Crabtreella saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:619-624.

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