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

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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