Name: Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Sanford et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ha.lo.ge.nans. N.L. part. adj. dehalogenans, dehalogenating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 2CP-1; ATCC BAA-258; DSM 21875

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16S rRNA gene: AF382396 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sanford RA, Cole JR, Tiedje JM. Characterization and description of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aryl-halorespiring facultative anaerobic myxobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:893-900.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 86. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1075-1076.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaeromyxobacter Sanford et al. 2002. Publication: Sanford RA, Cole JR, Tiedje JM. Characterization and description of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aryl-halorespiring facultative anaerobic myxobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:893-900.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 39 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 At the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries, and Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Sanford et al. 2002 was not validly published [Rules 27(3) and 30]. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans Sanford et al. 2002 is now considered to be validly published, since deposit in a second culture collection in a different country has been documented. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Parent taxon: Anaeromyxobacter Sanford et al. 2002

Assigned by: Sanford RA, Cole JR, Tiedje JM. Characterization and description of Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aryl-halorespiring facultative anaerobic myxobacterium. Appl Environ Microbiol 2002; 68:893-900.

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