Name: Steroidobacter agariperforans Sakai et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.per.fo’rans. Malayan n. agar, agar; N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar [algal polysaccharide]; L. pres. part. perforans, perforating [making holes]; N.L. masc. part. adj. agariperforans, making holes in agar, bacterium making deep hollows in agar

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 18477; KA5-B; KCTC 32107

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16S rRNA gene: AB174844 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sakai M, Hosoda A, Ogura K, Ikenaga M. The growth of Steroidobacter agariperforans sp. nov., a novel agar-degrading bacterium isolated from soil, is enhanced by the diffusible metabolites produced by bacteria belonging to Rhizobiales. Microbes Environ 2014; 29:89-95. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 158. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2184-2187.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Peristeroidobacter agariperforans (Sakai et al. 2014) Montecillo 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Steroidobacter Fahrbach et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sakai M, Hosoda A, Ogura K, Ikenaga M. The growth of Steroidobacter agariperforans sp. nov., a novel agar-degrading bacterium isolated from soil, is enhanced by the diffusible metabolites produced by bacteria belonging to Rhizobiales. Microbes Environ 2014; 29:89-95. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 791945