Name: Aquitalea denitrificans Lee et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.ni.tri’fi.cans. N.L. v. denitrifico, to denitrify; N.L. fem. part. adj. denitrificans, denitrifying

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 5YN1-3; DSM 21330; KACC 12729

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU594330 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee CM, Weon HY, Kim YJ, Son JA, Yoon SH, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Aquitalea denitrificans sp. nov., isolated from a Korean wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1045-1048.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14099 (N = 6).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Lee et al. 2009, the type strain DSM 21330 is erroneously cited as DSM 21300. — Lang E. Personal communication, 2011-11-01.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: . Erratum. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2012; 62:259-260.

Parent taxon: Aquitalea Lau et al. 2006

Assigned by: Lee CM, Weon HY, Kim YJ, Son JA, Yoon SH, Koo BS, Kwon SW. Aquitalea denitrificans sp. nov., isolated from a Korean wetland. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1045-1048.

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