Species Schlegelella thermodepolymerans

Name: Schlegelella thermodepolymerans Elbanna et al. 2003

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.de.po.ly’me.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. inf. v. depolymerare, to depolymerize; N.L. fem. part. adj. thermodepolymerans, depolymerizing in the heat, referring to the ability to degrade poly(3-hydroxy-butyrate) at high temperatures

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: s͡hle-ge-LEL-la t^her-mo-de-po-LY-me-rans, feminine

Type strain: CCUG 50333; DSM 15344; K14; LMG 21644; VTT E-072690

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16S rRNA gene: AY152824 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Elbanna K, Lutke-Eversloh T, Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J, Steinbuchel A. Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1165-1168. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Caldimonas thermodepolymerans (Elbanna et al. 2003) Liu et al. 2023

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Caldimonas thermodepolymerans (Elbanna et al. 2003) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Lütke-Eversloh et al. 2004 Lutke-Eversloh T, Elbanna K, Cnockaert MC, Mergaert J, Swings J, Manaia CM, Steinbuchel A. Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1933-1935. 🇩🇪 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.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Schlegelella Elbanna et al. 2003. Publication: Elbanna K, Lutke-Eversloh T, Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J, Steinbuchel A. Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1165-1168. 🇩🇪
  • ⏰ According to Lütke-Eversloh et al. (2004), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Caenibacterium thermophilum Manaia et al. 2003. Publication: Lutke-Eversloh T, Elbanna K, Cnockaert MC, Mergaert J, Swings J, Manaia CM, Steinbuchel A. Caenibacterium thermophilum is a later synonym of Schlegelella thermodepolymerans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1933-1935. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Schlegelella thermodepolymerans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Schlegelella.
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Schlegelella Elbanna et al. 2003

Assigned by: Elbanna K, Lutke-Eversloh T, Van Trappen S, Mergaert J, Swings J, Steinbuchel A. Schlegelella thermodepolymerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium that degrades poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-mercaptopropionate). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1165-1168. 🇩🇪

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