Name: Saccharospirillum impatiens Labrenz et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: im.pa’ti.ens. L. adj. impatiens, unable to tolerate (antibiotics)

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CECT 5721; DSM 12546; EL-105

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ315983 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Labrenz M, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Collins MD, Hirsch P. Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gamma-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:653-660.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003. Publication: Labrenz M, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Collins MD, Hirsch P. Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gamma-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:653-660.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Saccharospirillum Labrenz et al. 2003

Assigned by: Labrenz M, Lawson PA, Tindall BJ, Collins MD, Hirsch P. Saccharospirillum impatiens gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel gamma-Proteobacterium isolated from hypersaline Ekho Lake (East Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:653-660.

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