Name: Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus Sakamoto et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to loosen, able to dissolve; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. asaccharolyticus, not digesting sugar

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: 3BBH22; DSM 106493; JCM 32166

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16S rRNA gene: LC371917 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2074-2081. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lawsonibacter Sakamoto et al. 2018. Publication: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2074-2081. 🇯🇵
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Lawsonibacter Sakamoto et al. 2018

Assigned by: Sakamoto M, Iino T, Yuki M, Ohkuma M. Lawsonibacter asaccharolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a butyrate-producing bacterium isolated from human faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2074-2081. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 797778