Name: Heliimonas saccharivorans Leandro et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ri.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. saccharum, sugar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. saccharivorans, sugar-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8122; L2-4; LMG 26919

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16S rRNA gene: JX458466 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Heliimonas Leandro et al. 2013. Publication: Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Heliimonas Leandro et al. 2013

Assigned by: Leandro T, Franca L, Nobre MF, Rainey FA, da Costa MS. Heliimonas saccharivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Chitinophagaceae isolated from a mineral water aquifer, and emended description of Filimonas lacunae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3793-3799.

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Record number: 791179