Name: Saccharophagus degradans Ekborg et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.gra’dans. L. part. adj. degradans, bringing back into the former order, used to refer to the ability of the type strain to degrade several complex carbohydrates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2-40; ATCC 43961; DSM 17024

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16S rRNA gene: AF055269 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ekborg NA, Gonzalez JM, Howard MB, Taylor LE, Hutcheson SW, Weiner RM. Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1545-1549.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saccharophagus Ekborg et al. 2005. Publication: Ekborg NA, Gonzalez JM, Howard MB, Taylor LE, Hutcheson SW, Weiner RM. Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1545-1549.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 88 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Saccharophagus Ekborg et al. 2005

Assigned by: Ekborg NA, Gonzalez JM, Howard MB, Taylor LE, Hutcheson SW, Weiner RM. Saccharophagus degradans gen. nov., sp. nov., a versatile marine degrader of complex polysaccharides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1545-1549.

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Record number: 780681