Name: Cytophaga fermentans Bachmann 1955 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tans. L. fem. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting

Pronunciation, gender: fer-MEN-tans, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19072; CIP 104805; DSM 9555; IFO 15936; JCM 21142; NBRC 15936

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16S rRNA gene: M58766 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bachmann BJ. Studies on Cytophaga fermentans, n.sp., a facultatively anaerobic lower myxobacterium. J Gen Microbiol 1955; 13:541-551.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Saccharicrinis fermentans (Bachmann 1955) Yang et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Saccharicrinis fermentans (Bachmann 1955) Yang et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Cytophaga fermentans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cytophaga.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 10 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Cytophaga Winogradsky 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bachmann BJ. Studies on Cytophaga fermentans, n.sp., a facultatively anaerobic lower myxobacterium. J Gen Microbiol 1955; 13:541-551.

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Record number: 775391