Name: Duganella zoogloeoides Hiraishi et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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. adj. zoogloeoides, similar to Zoogloea

Gender: feminine

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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