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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Acinetobacter oleivorans

Name: Acinetobacter oleivorans Kang et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i’vo.rans. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. oleivorans, oil or hydrocarbon-utilizing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-ki-ne-to-BAK-ter o-le-I-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: DR-1; JCM 16667; KCTC 23045

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16S rRNA gene: EF520734 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Kang YS, Jung J, Jeon CO, Park W. Acinetobacter oleivorans sp. nov. is capable of adhering to and growing on diesel-oil. J Microbiol 2011; 49:29-34. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 220. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6501.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Acinetobacter Brisou and Prévot 1954 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kang YS, Jung J, Jeon CO, Park W. Acinetobacter oleivorans sp. nov. is capable of adhering to and growing on diesel-oil. J Microbiol 2011; 49:29-34. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 55693

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