Name: Saccharibacillus kuerlensis Yang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kuer.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. kuerlensis, pertaining to Kuerle, a city of Xinjiang Province in the north-west of China where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: ku͡er-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6964; DSM 22868; HR1; JCM 14865; KCTC 13182

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU046270 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang SY, Liu H, Liu R, Zhang KY, Lai R. Saccharibacillus kuerlensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:953-957.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.18030 (N = 13).
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Saccharibacillus Rivas et al. 2008

Assigned by: Yang SY, Liu H, Liu R, Zhang KY, Lai R. Saccharibacillus kuerlensis sp. nov., isolated from a desert soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:953-957.

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