Name: Acidovorax benzenivorans Bedics et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ben.ze.ni’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. benzenum, benzene; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, digesting; N.L. masc. part. adj. benzenivorans, digesting benzene

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-DO-wo-rax ben-ze-NI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: D2M1; DSM 115238; NCAIM B.02679

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16S rRNA gene: MW647763 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bedics A, Tancsics A, Banerjee S, Toth E, Harkai P, Gottschall GG, Boka K, Kriszt B. Acidovorax benzenivorans sp. nov., a novel aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a xylene-degrading enrichment culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6219. 🇭🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6271.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20491 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Acidovorax Willems et al. 1990

Assigned by: Bedics A, Tancsics A, Banerjee S, Toth E, Harkai P, Gottschall GG, Boka K, Kriszt B. Acidovorax benzenivorans sp. nov., a novel aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a xylene-degrading enrichment culture. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6219. 🇭🇺

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Record number: 42176