Name: Kinneretia oligotropha (Pheng et al. 2017) Lu and Chen 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017

Etymology: o.li.go’tro.pha. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, few; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, nursing, tending or feeding; N.L. fem. adj. oligotropha, eating little, referring to a bacterium living on low-nutrient media

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-li-GO-tro-p^ha, feminine

Type strain: CHU3; CICC 24092; KCTC 42519

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16S rRNA gene: KT333459 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6534.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseateles oligotrophus (Pheng et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseateles oligotrophus (Pheng et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Kinneretia oligotropha 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 Kinneretia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-09-16.

Parent taxon: Kinneretia Gomila et al. 2010

Assigned by: Lu H, Chen L. Ideonella margarita sp. nov., Ideonella lacteola sp. nov., Pseudaquabacterium inlustre sp. nov. and Pseudaquabacterium rugosum sp. nov., isolated from streams in China and re-examining the taxonomic status of all the genera within the family Sphaerotilaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6495. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 52597