Name: Aminomonas paucivorans Baena et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pau.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. paucus, few, little; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, eating; N.L. part. adj. paucivorans, devouring little

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-6; DSM 12260; GLU-3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF072581 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Labat M, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Aminomonas paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-utilizing bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:975-982.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Aminomonas Baena et al. 1999. Publication: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Labat M, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Aminomonas paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-utilizing bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:975-982.
  • The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Pitluck S, Yasawong M, Held B, Lapidus A, Nolan M, Copeland A, Lucas S, Del Rio TG, Tice H, Cheng JF, et al. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of Aminomonas paucivorans type strain (GLU-3). Stand Genomic Sci 2010; 3:285-293.

Parent taxon: Aminomonas Baena et al. 1999

Assigned by: Baena S, Fardeau ML, Ollivier B, Labat M, Thomas P, Garcia JL, Patel BK. Aminomonas paucivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic, anaerobic, amino-acid-utilizing bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:975-982.

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