Name: Alcanivorax hongdengensis Wu et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hong.deng.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hongdengensis, pertaining to Hong-Deng, isolated from surface seawater near the Hong-Deng dock in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-NI-wo-rax hon͡g-den͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: A-11-3; CGMCC 1.7084; LMG 24624; MCCC 1A01496

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU438901 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wu Y, Lai Q, Zhou Z, Qiao N, Liu C, Shao Z. Alcanivorax hongdengensis sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the straits of Malacca and Singapore, producing a lipopeptide as its biosurfactant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1474-1479. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2131-2132.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 6 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Alcanivorax Yakimov et al. 1998

Assigned by: Wu Y, Lai Q, Zhou Z, Qiao N, Liu C, Shao Z. Alcanivorax hongdengensis sp. nov., an alkane-degrading bacterium isolated from surface seawater of the straits of Malacca and Singapore, producing a lipopeptide as its biosurfactant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1474-1479. 🇨🇳

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