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. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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