Name: Defluviitalea saccharophila Jabari et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.phi’la. N.L. neut. n. saccharum, sugar; from Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, friendly to, loving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharophila, sugar-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 6LT2; DSM 22681; JCM 16312; LIND6LT2

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16S rRNA gene: HQ020487 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Characterization of Defluviitalea saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters, and proposal of Defluviitaleaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:550-555.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Defluviitalea Jabari et al. 2012. Publication: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Characterization of Defluviitalea saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters, and proposal of Defluviitaleaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:550-555.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Defluviitalea Jabari et al. 2012

Assigned by: Jabari L, Gannoun H, Cayol JL, Hamdi M, Fauque G, Ollivier B, Fardeau ML. Characterization of Defluviitalea saccharophila gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from an upflow anaerobic filter treating abattoir wastewaters, and proposal of Defluviitaleaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:550-555.

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