Name: Paucibacter oligotrophus Pheng et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.li.go’tro.phus. Gr. masc. adj. oligos, little; Gr. masc./fem. adj. trophos, a feeder, rearer, that which nourishes; N.L. masc. adj. oligotrophus, utilizer of few substrates, oligotrophic

Pronunciation, gender: o-li-GO-tro-p^hus, masculine

Type strain: CHU3; CICC 24092; KCTC 42519

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16S rRNA gene: KT333459 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pheng S, Lee JJ, Eom MK, Lee KH, Kim SG. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2231-2235.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Roseateles oligotrophus (Pheng et al. 2017) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Kinneretia oligotropha (Pheng et al. 2017) Lu and Chen 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Paucibacter oligotrophus 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 Paucibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Paucibacter Rapala et al. 2005

Assigned by: Pheng S, Lee JJ, Eom MK, Lee KH, Kim SG. Paucibacter oligotrophus sp. nov., isolated from fresh water, and emended description of the genus Paucibacter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2231-2235.

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Record number: 795541