Name: Advenella alkanexedens Wang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.kan.ex.e’dens. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, alkane; L. pres. part. exedens, eating up; N.L. fem. part. adj. alkanexedens, eating up alkanes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACCC 6485; JCM 30465; LAM0050

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ169456 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang H, Zhou S, Wang Y, Kong D, Guo X, Zhu J, Dong W, Ruan Z. Advenella alkanexedens sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from biogas slurry samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:906-911.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Advenella Coenye et al. 2005

Assigned by: Wang H, Zhou S, Wang Y, Kong D, Guo X, Zhu J, Dong W, Ruan Z. Advenella alkanexedens sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from biogas slurry samples. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:906-911.

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Record number: 793826