Name: Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum Kämpfer et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro.ly’ti.cum. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; N.L. neut. adj. lyticum, able to lyse; from Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to loose; N.L. neut. adj. asaccharolyticum, not digesting sugar

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCUG 46016; CIP 108977; DSM 25619

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM180485 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Scholz HC, Welinder-Olsson C, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Description of Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., with the two species Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1823-1829.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006. Publication: Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Scholz HC, Welinder-Olsson C, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Description of Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., with the two species Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1823-1829.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Pseudochrobactrum Kämpfer et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Rossello-Mora R, Scholz HC, Welinder-Olsson C, Falsen E, Busse HJ. Description of Pseudochrobactrum gen. nov., with the two species Pseudochrobactrum asaccharolyticum sp. nov. and Pseudochrobactrum saccharolyticum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1823-1829.

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