Name: Daejeonia ginsenosidivorans Siddiqi et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gin.se.no.si.di.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. ginsenosidum, ginsenoside; L. pres. part. vorans, eating, devouring; N.L. part. adj. ginsenosidivorans, ginsenoside-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: KACC 18626; LMG 29198; NP5

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KT950745 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Siddiqi MZ, Choi GM, Kim MS, Im WT. Daejeonia ginsenosidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ginsenoside-transforming bacterium isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2665-2671.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Daejeonia Siddiqi et al. 2017. Publication: Siddiqi MZ, Choi GM, Kim MS, Im WT. Daejeonia ginsenosidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ginsenoside-transforming bacterium isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2665-2671.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species of Flavobacteriaceae affiliates within the Weeksellaceae, and may be reclassified as Chryseobacterium". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Daejeonia Siddiqi et al. 2017

Assigned by: Siddiqi MZ, Choi GM, Kim MS, Im WT. Daejeonia ginsenosidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a ginsenoside-transforming bacterium isolated from lake water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2665-2671.

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