Name: Ammoniphilus oxalaticus Zaitsev et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.xa.la.ti.cus. N.L. masc. adj. oxalaticus, pertaining to oxalate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700649; CIP 105538; DSM 11538; HAMBI 2283; RAOx-1

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16S rRNA gene: Y14578 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zaitsev GM, Tsitko IV, Rainey FA, Trotsenko YA, Uotila JS, Stackebrandt E, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:151-163.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998. Publication: Zaitsev GM, Tsitko IV, Rainey FA, Trotsenko YA, Uotila JS, Stackebrandt E, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:151-163.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Ammoniphilus Zaitsev et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zaitsev GM, Tsitko IV, Rainey FA, Trotsenko YA, Uotila JS, Stackebrandt E, Salkinoja-Salonen MS. New aerobic ammonium-dependent obligately oxalotrophic bacteria: description of Ammoniphilus oxalaticus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Ammoniphilus oxalivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:151-163.

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