Name: Shinella zoogloeoides An et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zoo.gloe.o’i.des. N.L. fem. n. Zoogloea, bacterial genus name; L. adj. suff. -oides, similar to; N.L. adj. zoogloeoides, similar to Zoogloea

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 19623; DSM 287; I-16-M; IAM 12669; JCM 20728; NBRC 102405

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X74915 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An DS, Im WT, Yang HC, Lee ST. Shinella granuli gen. nov., sp. nov., and proposal of the reclassification of Zoogloea ramigera ATCC 19623 as Shinella zoogloeoides sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:443-448.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:929-930.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Crabtreella saccharophila Xie and Yokota 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.07720 (N = 10).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 19 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The type strain ATCC 19623 = IAM 12669 was previously designated as a reference strain of Zoogloea ramigera Itzigsohn 1868 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Itzigsohn H. Entwicklungsvorgänge von Zoogloea, Oscillaria, Synedra, Staurastrum, Spirotaenia und chroolepus. Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin, 19 November 1867. Akademische Buchdruckerei in der Nicolai'schen Buchhandlung, Berlin, 1868.

Parent taxon: Shinella An et al. 2006

Assigned by: An DS, Im WT, Yang HC, Lee ST. Shinella granuli gen. nov., sp. nov., and proposal of the reclassification of Zoogloea ramigera ATCC 19623 as Shinella zoogloeoides sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:443-448.

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