Name: Piscinibacter sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Ideonella sakaiensis Tanasupawat et al. 2016

Etymology: sa.ka.i.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sakaiensis, pertaining to Sakai city in Japan where the first strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: pis-ki-ni-BAK-ter sa-ka-i-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 201-F6; GDMCC 1.2597; NBRC 110686; NCTC 14201; TISTR 2288

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC002525 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudideonella sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Lu and Chen 2026

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ideonella sakaiensis Tanasupawat et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudideonella sakaiensis (Tanasupawat et al. 2016) Lu and Chen 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Piscinibacter sakaiensis 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 Piscinibacter.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Piscinibacter Stackebrandt et al. 2009

Assigned by: Liu Y, Du J, Pei T, Du H, Feng GD, Zhu H. Genome-based taxonomic classification of the closest-to-Comamonadaceae group supports a new family Sphaerotilaceae fam. nov. and taxonomic revisions. Syst Appl Microbiol 2022; 45:126352. 🇨🇳

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