Species Duganella zoogloeoides

Name: Duganella zoogloeoides Hiraishi et al. 1997

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: zo.o.gloe.o.i’des. N.L. fem. n. Zoogloea, bacterial genus name; L. adj. suff. -oides, similar to; N.L. fem. adj. zoogloeoides, similar to Zoogloea

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: du-ga-NEL-la zo-o-glo͡e-o-I-des, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 25935; DSM 16928; IAM 12670; JCM 20729; NBRC 102465; P. R. Dugan 115

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16S rRNA gene: AB681807 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Proposal to reclassify Zoogloea ramigera IAM 12670 (P. R. Dugan 115) as Duganella zoogloeoides gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1249-1252. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:329-330.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Duganella Hiraishi et al. 1997. Publication: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Proposal to reclassify Zoogloea ramigera IAM 12670 (P. R. Dugan 115) as Duganella zoogloeoides gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1249-1252. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 2026-08-13. 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 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 In the abstract the type strain ATCC 25935 is erroneously cited as ATCC 25925 (sic). — 🧍 In the abstract the type strain ATCC 25935 is erroneously cited as ATCC 25925(sic). Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸
  • 🧍 Type strain formerly named Zoogloea ramigera. 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: Duganella Hiraishi et al. 1997

Assigned by: Hiraishi A, Shin YK, Sugiyama J. Proposal to reclassify Zoogloea ramigera IAM 12670 (P. R. Dugan 115) as Duganella zoogloeoides gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1249-1252. 🇯🇵

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