Name: Aminobacter carboxidus (Meyer et al. 1994 ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Hördt et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Carbophilus carboxidus (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994

Etymology: car.bo’xi.dus. N.L. masc. adj. carboxidus, intended to mean connected with carbon oxides

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51424; CIP 105722; DSM 1086; Z-1171

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16S rRNA gene: JN175336 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 194. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4043-4049.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Carbophilus carboxidus (ex Nozhevnikova and Zavarzin 1974) Meyer et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Volpiano et al. (2021), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Aminobacter lissarensis McDonald et al. 2005. Publication: Volpiano CG, Sant'Anna FH, Ambrosini A, de Sao Jose JFB, Beneduzi A, Whitman WB, de Souza EM, Lisboa BB, Vargas LK, Passaglia LMP. Genomic Metrics Applied to Rhizobiales (Hyphomicrobiales): Species Reclassification, Identification of Unauthentic Genomes and False Type Strains. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:614957. 🇧🇷
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 35. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5164.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Aminobacter Urakami et al. 1992

Assigned by: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 11094