Name: Afipia dichlorophenoxyacetatis Sawada et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: di.chlo.ro.phen.o.xy.a.ce.ta’tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. dichlorophenoxyacetatis, pertaining to dichlorophenoxyacetate

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DD3; ICMP 25015; MAFF 311804

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16S rRNA gene: LC770309 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sawada H, Sakai Y, Takashima Y, Naito K, Horita M, Satou M. Afipia dichlorophenoxyacetatis sp. nov., isolated from field soil in Japan, degrades 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6672. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6728.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-02-18.
  • 🙆 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: Afipia Brenner et al. 1992

Assigned by: Sawada H, Sakai Y, Takashima Y, Naito K, Horita M, Satou M. Afipia dichlorophenoxyacetatis sp. nov., isolated from field soil in Japan, degrades 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6672. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 58003