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. part. adj. alkanexedens, eating up alkanes

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ACCC 6485; JCM 30465; LAM0050

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 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