Name: Roseateles asaccharophilus (Gomila et al. 2010) Liu et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Kinneretia asaccharophila Gomila et al. 2010

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro’phi.lus. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. asaccharophilus, not sugar loving

Pronunciation, gender: a-sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 53117; CECT 7319; DSM 25082; KIN192

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY136099 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
    Kinneretia asaccharophila Gomila et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04796 (N = 4).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The distinct name Roseateles saccharophilus 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.

Parent taxon: Roseateles Suyama et al. 1999

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: 36211