Name: Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans Hahnke et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.fer.men’tans. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; L. pres. part. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. neut. part. adj. saccharofermentans, sugar-fermenting

Pronunciation, gender: sak-k^ha-ro-fer-MEN-tans, neuter

Type strain: CECT 8610; DSM 28694; LMG 28299; M3/6

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16S rRNA gene: KP233809 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hahnke S, Langer T, Koeck DE, Klocke M. Description of Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans sp. nov., Petrimonas mucosa sp. nov. and Fermentimonas caenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, and emended description of the genus Proteiniphilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1466-1475.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • García-López et al. 2019 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Proteiniphilum Chen and Dong 2005

Assigned by: Hahnke S, Langer T, Koeck DE, Klocke M. Description of Proteiniphilum saccharofermentans sp. nov., Petrimonas mucosa sp. nov. and Fermentimonas caenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from mesophilic laboratory-scale biogas reactors, and emended description of the genus Proteiniphilum. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1466-1475.

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Record number: 793974