Name: Arenimonas malthae Young et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mal’thae. L. fem. n. maltha, a kind of thick petroleum; L. gen. fem. n. malthae, of petroleum, because the type strain was isolated from an oil-contaminated site

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CC-JY-1; CCUG 53596; CIP 109310; DSM 21305

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ239766 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Young CC, Kampfer P, Ho MJ, Busse HJ, Huber BE, Arun AB, Shen FT, Lai WA, Rekha PD. Arenimonas malthae sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2790-2793.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 9 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Arenimonas Kwon et al. 2007

Assigned by: Young CC, Kampfer P, Ho MJ, Busse HJ, Huber BE, Arun AB, Shen FT, Lai WA, Rekha PD. Arenimonas malthae sp. nov., a gammaproteobacterium isolated from an oil-contaminated site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2790-2793.

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Record number: 787003