Name: Alcaligenes phenolicus (Rehfuss and Urban 2006) Machado et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006

Etymology: phe.nol.i’cus. N.L. neut. n. phenol, common name for industrial solvent hydroxybenzene; N.L. masc. adj. phenolicus, pertaining to phenol

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 54936; DSM 16503; J; NRRL B-41076

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16S rRNA gene: OP804214 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Machado RAR, Loulou A, Bhat AH, Mastore M, Terrettaz C, et al. Acinetobacter nematophilus sp. nov., Alcaligenes nematophilus sp. nov., Enterobacter nematophilus sp. nov., and Kaistia nematophila sp. nov., isolated from soil-borne nematodes and proposal for the elevation of Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis, Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. parafaecalis, and Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus to the species level. Taxonomy 2023; 3:148-168.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 212. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus Rehfuss and Urban 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alcaligenes phenolicus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alcaligenes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Machado RAR, Loulou A, Bhat AH, Mastore M, Terrettaz C, et al. Acinetobacter nematophilus sp. nov., Alcaligenes nematophilus sp. nov., Enterobacter nematophilus sp. nov., and Kaistia nematophila sp. nov., isolated from soil-borne nematodes and proposal for the elevation of Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. faecalis, Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. parafaecalis, and Alcaligenes faecalis subsp. phenolicus to the species level. Taxonomy 2023; 3:148-168.

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Record number: 37106