Name: Kosakonia pseudosacchari Kämpfer et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.sac.char’i. N.L. gen. neut. n. pseudosacchari; Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; N.L. gen. neut. n. sacchari, of Saccharum, isolated from Saccharum officinarum L. (sugar cane)

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 110597; DSM 27151; JM-387

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP345901 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kampfer P, McInroy JA, Doijad S, Chakraborty T, Glaeser SP. Kosakonia pseudosacchari sp. nov., an endophyte of Zea mays. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:1-7.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 183. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2707-2709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times 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.

Parent taxon: Kosakonia Brady et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kampfer P, McInroy JA, Doijad S, Chakraborty T, Glaeser SP. Kosakonia pseudosacchari sp. nov., an endophyte of Zea mays. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:1-7.

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Record number: 797863