Name: Steroidobacter agaridevorans Ikenaga et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.de’vo.rans. Malayan n. agar, agar [algal polysaccharide]; N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. pres. part. devorans, consuming, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. agaridevorans, agar-devouring

Pronunciation, gender: a-ga-ri-DE-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: JCM 333368; KCTC 72223; SA29-B

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB174845 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ikenaga M, Kataoka M, Yin X, Murouchi A, Sakai M. Characterization and Distribution of Agar-degrading Steroidobacter agaridevorans sp. nov., Isolated from Rhizosphere Soils. Microbes Environ 2021; 36:0. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 200. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4846.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Peristeroidobacter agaridevorans" (Ikenaga et al. 2021) Montecillo 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008

Assigned by: Ikenaga M, Kataoka M, Yin X, Murouchi A, Sakai M. Characterization and Distribution of Agar-degrading Steroidobacter agaridevorans sp. nov., Isolated from Rhizosphere Soils. Microbes Environ 2021; 36:0. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 19046