Name: Aromatoleum anaerobium (Springer et al. 1998) Rabus et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Azoarcus anaerobius Springer et al. 1998

Etymology: an.ae.ro’bi.um. Gr. pref. an-, not (here: inseparable prefix); Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. n. bios, life; N.L. neut. adj. anaerobium, not living in air, anaerobic

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 12081; LMG 30943; LuFRes1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Y14701 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rabus R, Wohlbrand L, Thies D, Meyer M, Reinhold-Hurek B, Kampfer P. Aromatoleum gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Azoarcus evansii and related species, and proposal of Aromatoleum aromaticum sp. nov., Aromatoleum petrolei sp. nov., Aromatoleum bremense sp. nov., Aromatoleum toluolicum sp. nov. and Aromatoleum diolicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:982-997.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1847-1849.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Azoarcus anaerobius Springer et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.14319 (N = 6).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Aromatoleum Rabus et al. 2019

Assigned by: Rabus R, Wohlbrand L, Thies D, Meyer M, Reinhold-Hurek B, Kampfer P. Aromatoleum gen. nov., a novel genus accommodating the phylogenetic lineage including Azoarcus evansii and related species, and proposal of Aromatoleum aromaticum sp. nov., Aromatoleum petrolei sp. nov., Aromatoleum bremense sp. nov., Aromatoleum toluolicum sp. nov. and Aromatoleum diolicum sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:982-997.

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Record number: 801353