Name: Segatella asaccharophila Makiura et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sac.cha.ro’phi.la. Gr. pref. a-, not (inseparable prefix); Gr. neut. n. sakcharon, sugar; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. fem. adj. asaccharophila, not sugar-loving

Pronunciation, gender: a-sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-la, feminine

Type strain: DSM 118531; JCM 37351; KCTC 25923; LPYR103-Pre; NRIC 997

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16S rRNA gene: LC810220 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Makiura T, Tseng HC, Fujimoto N, Ohnishi A. Segatella asaccharophila sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile isolated from a two-phase methane fermentation system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6606. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6650.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • ❗ Segatella asaccharophila 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 Segatella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-01-09.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Segatella Hitch et al. 2023

Assigned by: Makiura T, Tseng HC, Fujimoto N, Ohnishi A. Segatella asaccharophila sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile isolated from a two-phase methane fermentation system. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6606. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 56367