Name: Phocaeicola paurosaccharolyticus (Ueki et al. 2011) García-López et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus Ueki et al. 2011

Etymology: pau.ro.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cus. Gr. masc. adj. paûros, little or a few; Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. paurosaccharolyticus, dissolving a few kinds of sugars

Pronunciation, gender: pa͡u-ro-sak-k^ha-ro-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21004; JCM 15092; WK042

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB547645 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus Ueki et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 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 the genus. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus Ueki et al. 2011. Publication: Ueki A, Abe K, Ohtaki Y, Kaku N, Watanabe K, Ueki K. Bacteroides paurosaccharolyticus sp. nov., isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating waste from cattle farms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:448-453. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.

Parent taxon: Phocaeicola Al Masalma et al. 2009

Assigned by: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

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Record number: 7837