Name: Sandaracinus amylolyticus Mohr et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: am.y.lo.ly’ti.cus. L. neut. n. amylum, starch; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, starch dissolving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 53668; NCCB 100362; NOSO 4

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16S rRNA gene: KP306728 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mohr KI, Garcia RO, Gerth K, Irschik H, Muller R. Sandaracinus amylolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a starch-degrading soil myxobacterium, and description of Sandaracinaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1191-1198.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Sandaracinus Mohr et al. 2012. Publication: Mohr KI, Garcia RO, Gerth K, Irschik H, Muller R. Sandaracinus amylolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a starch-degrading soil myxobacterium, and description of Sandaracinaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1191-1198.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Complete authorship reads: Mohr, Garcia, Irschik, Gerth and Müller 2012.

Parent taxon: Sandaracinus Mohr et al. 2012

Assigned by: Mohr KI, Garcia RO, Gerth K, Irschik H, Muller R. Sandaracinus amylolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a starch-degrading soil myxobacterium, and description of Sandaracinaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1191-1198.

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