Name: Alcanivorax dieselolei Liu and Shao 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: die.sel.o’le.i. N.L. masc. n. Dieselius, latinized family name of Rudolf Diesel; L. gen. neut. n. olei, of oil; N.L. gen. neut. n. dieselolei, of diesel oil, the sole carbon source used in the isolation procedure of the two strains

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B 5; CGMCC 1.3690; DSM 16502

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT759958 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu C, Shao Z. Alcanivorax dieselolei sp. nov., a novel alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from sea water and deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1181-1186.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alloalcanivorax dieselolei (Liu and Shao 2005) Rai et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Liu C, Shao Z. Alcanivorax dieselolei sp. nov., a novel alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from sea water and deep-sea sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1181-1186.

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Record number: 773030