Name: Pseudopedobacter saltans (Steyn et al. 1998) Cao et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pedobacter saltans Steyn et al. 1998

Etymology: sal’tans. L. inf. v. saltare, to dance; L. part. adj. saltans, dancing, referring to its peculiar dancing or gliding motility

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 39354; CIP 105500; DSM 12145; JCM 21818; LMG 10337; NBRC 100064

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ438173 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cao J, Lai Q, Li G, Shao Z. Pseudopedobacter beijingensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater activated sludge, and reclassification of Pedobacter saltans as Pseudopedobacter saltans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1853-1858.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pedobacter saltans Steyn et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hahnke et al. 2016 Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 26. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2081-2086.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudopedobacter Cao et al. 2014

Assigned by: Cao J, Lai Q, Li G, Shao Z. Pseudopedobacter beijingensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from coking wastewater activated sludge, and reclassification of Pedobacter saltans as Pseudopedobacter saltans comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1853-1858.

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Record number: 791912