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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Achromobacter arsenitoxydans"

Name: "Achromobacter arsenitoxydans" Li et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.nit.o’xy.dans. N.L. pres. part. oxydans, oxidizing; N.L. masc. part. adj. arsenitoxydans, arsenite-oxidizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-khro-mo-BAK-ter ar-se-nit-O-xy-dans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: SY8

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16S rRNA gene: EU073119 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Li X, Hu Y, Gong J, Lin Y, Johnstone L, Rensing C, Wang G. Genome sequence of the highly efficient arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Achromobacter arsenitoxydans SY8. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:1243-1244. 🇨🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: "Achromobacter" Bergey et al. 1923

Assigned by: Li X, Hu Y, Gong J, Lin Y, Johnstone L, Rensing C, Wang G. Genome sequence of the highly efficient arsenite-oxidizing bacterium Achromobacter arsenitoxydans SY8. J Bacteriol 2012; 194:1243-1244. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 3451

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