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Species Alcaligenes aquatilis
Name: Alcaligenes aquatilis Van Trappen et al. 2005
Etymology: a.qua’ti.lis. L. masc. adj. aquatilis, living, growing or found in, or near, water, aquatic
Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-lis, masculine
Type strain: CCUG 50924; LMG 22996
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
OR801642
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Van Trappen S, Tan TL, Samyn E, Vandamme P. Alcaligenes aquatilis sp. nov., a novel bacterium from sediments of the Weser Estuary, Germany, and a salt marsh on Shem Creek in Charleston Harbor, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2571-2575. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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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 23 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Van Trappen S, Tan TL, Samyn E, Vandamme P. Alcaligenes aquatilis sp. nov., a novel bacterium from sediments of the Weser Estuary, Germany, and a salt marsh on Shem Creek in Charleston Harbor, USA. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2571-2575.
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Record number: 783338
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