Name: Pelomonas saccharophila (Doudoroff 1940) Xie and Yokota 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pseudomonas saccharophila Doudoroff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sac.cha.ro’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharophila, sugar-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15946; CCUG 32988; CFBP 2433; CIP 59.18; DSM 654; HAMBI 373; IAM 14368; JCM 15912; JCM 21181; LMG 2256; NBRC 103037; NCCB 46053; VKM B-902

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021407 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2419-2425.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Roseateles saccharophilus (Doudoroff 1940) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudomonas saccharophila Doudoroff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Roseateles saccharophilus (Doudoroff 1940) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005. Publication: Xie CH, Yokota A. Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2419-2425.
  • ❗ Pelomonas saccharophila 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 Pelomonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pelomonas Xie and Yokota 2005

Assigned by: Xie CH, Yokota A. Reclassification of Alcaligenes latus strains IAM 12599T and IAM 12664 and Pseudomonas saccharophila as Azohydromonas lata gen. nov., comb. nov., Azohydromonas australica sp. nov. and Pelomonas saccharophila gen. nov., comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2419-2425.

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Record number: 779250