Species Pseudomonas saccharophila

Name: Pseudomonas saccharophila Doudoroff 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro’phi.la. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, friend, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. saccharophila, sugar-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: ATCC 15946; CCUG 32988; CFBP 2433; CIP 59.18; DSM 654; HAMBI 373; IAM 14368; JCM 15912; JCM 21181; LMG 2256; NBRC 103037; NCCB 46053; VKM B-902

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16S rRNA gene: AB021407 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Doudoroff M. The oxidative assimilation of sugars and related substances by Pseudomonas saccharophila with a contribution to the problem of the direct respiration of di- and polysaccharides. Enzymologia 1940; 9:59-72.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Roseateles saccharophilus (Doudoroff 1940) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Roseateles saccharophilus (Doudoroff 1940) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pelomonas saccharophila (Doudoroff 1940) Xie and Yokota 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Pseudomonas saccharophila 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 Pseudomonas.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 72 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Pseudomonas Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Doudoroff M. The oxidative assimilation of sugars and related substances by Pseudomonas saccharophila with a contribution to the problem of the direct respiration of di- and polysaccharides. Enzymologia 1940; 9:59-72.

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Species Pseudomonas saccharophila