Name: Dysgonomonas alginatilytica Kita et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi.na.ti.ly’ti.ca. N.L. neut. n. alginatum, alginate; N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. alginatilytica, alginate-dissolving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 100214; HUA-2; HUT 8134

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC021528 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kita A, Miura T, Okamura Y, Aki T, Matsumura Y, Tajima T, Kato J, Nakashimada Y. Dysgonomonas alginatilytica sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a microbial consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3570-3575.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Dysgonomonas Hofstad et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kita A, Miura T, Okamura Y, Aki T, Matsumura Y, Tajima T, Kato J, Nakashimada Y. Dysgonomonas alginatilytica sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a microbial consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3570-3575.

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Record number: 793308