Name: Sneathiella glossodoripedis Kurahashi et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glos.so.do.ri’pe.dis. N.L. fem. n. Glossodoris, name of a zoological genus; L. gen. masc. n. pedis, of the foot; N.L. gen. masc. n. glossodoripedis, of the foot of Glossodoris (G. cincta), the source of isolation of the type strain

Pronunciation, gender: glos-so-do-RI-pe-dis, feminine

Type strain: IAM 15419; JCM 23214; KCTC 12842; MKT 133

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB289439 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Sneathiella glossodoripedis sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the nudibranch Glossodoris cincta, and proposal of Sneathiellales ord. nov. and Sneathiellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:548-552.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15333 (N = 3).
  • 😷 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 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Sneathiella Jordan et al. 2007

Assigned by: Kurahashi M, Fukunaga Y, Harayama S, Yokota A. Sneathiella glossodoripedis sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the nudibranch Glossodoris cincta, and proposal of Sneathiellales ord. nov. and Sneathiellaceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:548-552.

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Record number: 787231