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: … sa-ka-i-EN-sis, masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

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: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Ideonella sakaiensis Tanasupawat et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02209 (N = 9).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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Record number: 36223