Species Roseateles asaccharophilus

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

Category, proposed as: species, 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 (Latin), gender: ro-se-A-te-les 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

Risk group: 1

• 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).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 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