Name: Saccharibacter floricola Jojima et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: flo.ri.co’la. L. masc. n. flos (gen. floris), a flower; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, a dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. floricola, flower-dweller

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AJ 13480; DSM 15669; JCM 12116; S-877

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB110421 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jojima Y, Mihara Y, Suzuki S, Yokozeki K, Yamanaka S, Fudou R. Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2263-2267.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004. Publication: Jojima Y, Mihara Y, Suzuki S, Yokozeki K, Yamanaka S, Fudou R. Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2263-2267.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Saccharibacter Jojima et al. 2004

Assigned by: Jojima Y, Mihara Y, Suzuki S, Yokozeki K, Yamanaka S, Fudou R. Saccharibacter floricola gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel osmophilic acetic acid bacterium isolated from pollen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2263-2267.

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