Name: Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans Chua et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.vo’rans. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; L. pres. part. vorans, eating; N.L. part. adj. saccharovorans, sugar eating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 106907; Ha5; KCTC 62952; LMG 30589; NBRC 113643

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG757796 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chua KO, See-Too WS, Tan JY, Song SL, Yong HS, Yin WF, Chan KG. Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a bacterial symbiont of the weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina. J Microbiol 2020; 58:988-997.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 199. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4773.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oecophyllibacter Chua et al. 2021. Publication: Chua KO, See-Too WS, Tan JY, Song SL, Yong HS, Yin WF, Chan KG. Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a bacterial symbiont of the weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina. J Microbiol 2020; 58:988-997.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Oecophyllibacter Chua et al. 2021

Assigned by: Chua KO, See-Too WS, Tan JY, Song SL, Yong HS, Yin WF, Chan KG. Oecophyllibacter saccharovorans gen. nov. sp. nov., a bacterial symbiont of the weaver ant Oecophylla smaragdina. J Microbiol 2020; 58:988-997.

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Record number: 19596