Name: Ideonella sakaiensis Tanasupawat et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.ka.i.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. sakaiensis, pertaining to Sakai city in Japan where the first strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: i-de-o-NEL-la sa-ka-i-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: 201-F6; GDMCC 1.2597; NBRC 110686; NCTC 14201; TISTR 2288

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16S rRNA gene: LC002525 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tanasupawat S, Takehana T, Yoshida S, Hiraga K, Oda K. Ideonella sakaiensis sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium that degrades poly(ethylene terephthalate). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2813-2818. 🇹🇭

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudideonella sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Lu and Chen 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Piscinibacter sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudideonella sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Lu and Chen 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Ideonella sakaiensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Ideonella.
  • 😷 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 155 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Ideonella Malmqvist et al. 1994

Assigned by: Tanasupawat S, Takehana T, Yoshida S, Hiraga K, Oda K. Ideonella sakaiensis sp. nov., isolated from a microbial consortium that degrades poly(ethylene terephthalate). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2813-2818. 🇹🇭

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