Name: Acidovorax monticola Chaudhary and Kim 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mon.ti’co.la. L. masc. n. mons (gen. montis), mountain; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant; N.L. masc./fem. n. monticola, living in the mountains

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-DO-wo-rax mon-TI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: K-4-16; KACC 19171; KEMB 9005-570; NBRC 113141

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY313411 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Acidovorax monticola sp. nov., isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1925-1934. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paenacidovorax monticola (Chaudhary and Kim 2019) Du et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08228 (N = 3).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 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: Chaudhary DK, Kim J. Acidovorax monticola sp. nov., isolated from soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1925-1934. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 798028